September, 1914 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



or 



Western 

 Guide 



BY 



Chester A. Reed, B. S. 



A complete descriptive guide of conven- 

 ient size with color illustrations to the 

 appearance, the habits, the nests, the cries, 

 the range of distribution of every bird west 

 of the Rockies. 



230 Illustrations 



Cloth, Net, $1. 00 Leather, Net, $1.25 



Birds of Eastern 

 North America 



BY 



Chester A. Reed, B. S. 

 40S Illustrations in Color. 



Cloth, Net. $3. 00 



Other Books by Charles K. and 

 Chester A. Reed 



Guide to Taxidermy, Illustrated net SI. 50 



Nature Studies; Birds. Illustrated. 



net 60 cents 



Nature Studies. — In Field and Wood. 



Illustrated net 60 cents 



Camera Studies of Wild Birds in their 



Homes. Illustrated . . . . net $2.00 



North American Birds, Eggs. Illus- 

 trated. Size 6}4 x 9 net $2.50 



Goldfish — Aquaria — Ferneries. I llus- 



trated. Size 3^x5^. . . .net 50 cents 



Bird Guide. In two parts. Pocket size — 

 Illustrated. Size, 3M x sM- 



Part I. Water and Game Birds: Birds 



of Prey. Flexible sock cloth. net $1.00 



Flexible Leather net $1.25 



Part II. Land Birds East of the 

 Rockies: From Parrots to Blue 

 Birds. Flexible sock cloth. net 75 cents 



Flexible leather net $1.00 



Parts I and II. Bound in a Single Volume. 

 Size, 3^x5%. Illustrated. Flexible 

 leather net $2.25 



Wild Flowers East of the Rockies. 



Size, 4^ x 6}4- Illustrated. . . net $2.50 



Flower Guide: Wild Flowers East of 

 the Rockies. Size, 5^ x 3^. Il- 

 lustrated. Cloth . . . . net 75 cents 

 Leather net $1.00 



Many people cannot get books. If there is no bookstore near 

 you we shall be glad to send books on approval. We do not 

 wish to interfere with the trade of the bookseller; we wish that 

 every locality in the United States had a good bookseller and 

 that you would buy the books selected from him; our suggest- 

 ion is addressed to readers who have no convenient bookstore 

 to go to. 



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Dreer's Autumn Catalogue 



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Peonies 



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