Better Homes and 
Gardens Garden Book 
$3.95 
A year-round guide to practical home 
gardening, richly illustrated in color and 
featuring a loose-leaf binding and index 
tabs for quick reference and easy addition 
of personal notes. There are valuable 
sections on planning the home grounds 
and on techniques for growing a wide 
variety of plant material. A book to be 
enjoyed for years — a book you will be 
proud to own. 
Better Homes and Gardens 
Handyman's Book 
$3.95 
The book that makes any man a handyman. 510 pages, 1,660 
illustrations in easy how-to-do-it style show how to save hun- 
dreds of dollars on home repairs and improvements by doing 
the work yourself. Every task is easier, no matter what your 
skill, when you have the£e«er Homes & Gardens Handyman's 
Book to help you. Tab-indexed for easy reference. Ring 
bound. Loose-leaf. 
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GENERAL 
Garden Guide 
by 28 Horticultural Experts $3.50 
Could we suggest but a single volume for the home 
gardener, this would be the one, for all phases of 
the garden, its development and maintenance are 
efficiently covered. 
10,000 Garden Questions Answered 
By 15 Experts $4.95 
A garden book in great demand throughout the 
year, written in a question and answer manner by 
experts who have dependable advice to offer in 
their particular fields. 
The New Garden Encyclopedia 
Edited by E. L. Seymour $5.00 
A new edition of a standard horticultural handbook 
that has been particularly popular because of its 
splendid informative text, its 1500 pictures and 
64 pages of full color, and its new supplement 
entitled "Your First Garden." 
Learning to Garden 
Olive Gunnison $2.85 
An excellent book for the new gardener, covering 
the major problems involved in growing the com- 
mon kinds of plant material, and written in a pleas- 
ing manner 
The Weekend Gardener 
Dorothy Jenkins $2.75 
For the suburbanite — practical, helpful suggestions 
on gardening as fresh and friendly as though given 
over a picket fence. The author — garden editor of 
The New York Times. 
Garden Flowers in Color 
D. J. Foley , $2.95 
Lavishly illustrated with color plates, and including 
much valuable information on garden annuals and 
perennials. A wonderful aid to learning the mate- 
rial with which the charm of gardens is created. 
Propagation of Plants 
Kains & McQuesten $4.50 
A standard book on the propagation of plants; 
comprehensive, dependable, based on broad and 
thorough experience. 
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 
Liberty Hyde Bailey $40.00 
The "Bible" of American horticulturists, offered 
in the second edition, rewritten, enlarged and reset 
in 1942. In three volumes. 
TREES AND SHRUBS 
How to Grow Roses 
McFarland and Pyle $2.49 
If roses are a problem or a potential hobby, these 
outstanding rose specialists offer just the informa- 
tion required. 
Shrubs and Vines for the American Garden 
Donald Wyman $7.50 
A stunning book for any library and a dependable 
handbook on uses of shrubs and vines. Quantities 
of beautiful photographs illustrate the most useful 
material. Expertly made lists make it simple to 
find plants of the proper height and habit for any 
location. A thoroughly comprehensive text which 
will bring many hours of pleasure and profit. 
Book of Shrubs 
Alfred C. Hottes $4.00 
A comprehensive study of shrubby plant material — 
complete with lists of plants for specified areas and 
a chart to indicate flowering dates, heights and 
other essential information. 
Book of Trees 
Alfred C. Hottes $4.00 
Companion to the Book of Shrubs, describing a 
wide range of woody plant material too large to 
come under the heading of shrubs. Complete with 
ready-reference chart and lists for specific locations. 
A Natural History of Trees 
Donald C. Peattie $5.00 
A book-full of tree history and folk-lore — complete 
with common and botanical names, range, nature 
and use of wood as well as detailed descriptions of 
tree silhouettes, leaves, barks, flowers and fruits. 
Illustrations by Paul Landacre add to Mr. Peattie's 
art as a nature writer. 
First Book of Tree Identification 
Matilda Rogers $2.50 
Learn the more common trees from pictures. Beau- 
tiful photographs show detail of branches, individual 
leaves and bark design. Text notes the most im- 
portant things to look for to learn the right name 
for the right tree. 
Pruning Trees and Shrubs 
Ephraim P. Felt $2.50 
If pruning is a problem, this is the book to explain 
its importance and describe when and how it should 
be done. 
VEGETABLES AND SMALL FRUITS 
How to Grow Vegetables 
Logan and Cosper $4.50 
A guide to good vegetable growing with a new 
slant, written in a fresh and witty manner backed 
by sound judgment. In modern dress, the full-page 
illustrations show the kind of vegetables you want 
to grow, and delightful pen-sketches illustrate 
many methods used for growing them. 
Quick Freezing and Family Food Gardening 
Gordon Morrison _ $2.75 
A very complete book on the quick freezing of 
family foods, including meats, small fruits and the 
vegetable crops, with valuable notes on choice of 
vegetables and their culture. 
Herbs, How to Grow and Use Them 
Helen N. Webster $2.50 
An authoritative modern herbal, recently enlarged 
and including many interesting historical facts on 
herbs, as well as valuable information on their 
culture and uses. 
FLOWERING PLANTS 
All About House Plants 
Montague Free $3.50 
An expert writes a fascinating book on what to 
grow in the house for potted plants, including flow- 
ers, tropical foliage plants, shrubs, bulbs and vines. 
Tuberous Begonias 
Worth Brown $2.75 
A garden without tuberous begonias. Not after 
reading this little volume written by a practical 
author. 
Garden Bulbs in Color 
McFarland, Hatton and Foley $3.49 
A book highly recommended, particularly for the 
amateur who has not learned the value of bulbs in 
garden design. The 250 illustrations in full color 
and many fine black and white pictures are a won- 
derful introduction to bulbous material. Cultural 
and descriptive notes are dependable without being 
too technical for pleasant reading. 
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Gladiolus 
F. F. Rockwell $1.75 
A brief and direct treatise on gladiolus and their 
culture, which includes all the information neces- 
sary for success with this decorative flower. 
Dahlias, What Is Known About Them 
Morgan T. Riley $2.50 
A comprehensive 250-page book on the culture of 
dahlias. 
Iris for Every Garden 
Sidney B. Mitchell $3.00 
A fine book on the culture of various kinds of iris 
throughout the United States. 
Book of Annuals 
Alfred C. Hottes $2.00 
Annuals are indispensable as a source of flowers on 
a small place. Concise and dependable advice on 
annuals — which ones to grow and how to grow them. 
Book of Perennials 
Alfred C. Hottes $2.75 
A wealth of information necessary for the wise 
choice and culture of perennials, which form the 
basis of successful flower borders. 
The Complete Book of African Violets 
Helen V. P. Wilson $2.95 
A fresh new edition of the most popular book about 
African violets. Packed full of up-to-the-minute 
information on hundreds of varieties and step-by- 
step directions on how to make them flower. There 
are48 pages of illustrations — 29 varieties in full color. 
The New Book of Lilies 
Jan de Graaff $3.50 
The new emphasis on lilies is largely due to hybrid- 
izing of superb new varieties by this well-known 
author. With the use of 16 beautiful natural color 
photographs and 12 pages of drawings, he brings 
the gardener up to date with the new introductions 
and offers invaluable suggestions for American 
lily culture. 
Complete Book of Flower Arrangement 
Rockwell and Grayson $4.95 
A very attractive book, generously illustrated and 
offering a great many professional ideas for the 
effective arrangement of. flowers. 
ON BIRDS 
Audubon Bird Guide 
Richard H. Pough $3.00 
A guide to bird identification with over 400 illus- 
trations of birds in beautiful and accurate color, as 
well as many interesting facts about bird life. 
Field Guide to the Birds 
Roger T. Peterson $3.50 
A very clever guide, made particularly valuable 
because of its accent on little differences that im- 
mediately distinguish birds of similar appearance.. 
Beautifully illustrated in color. 
HOME LANDSCAPE 
Color and Design for Every Garden 
Ortloff & Raymore $3.50 
A greater number of valuable suggestions for suc- 
cessful development of your home grounds than in 
any similar book published in years. A very in- 
telligent, easy-to-follow guide to better garden 
design and more efTective use of color. 
Garden Planning and Building 
Ortloff & Raymore $3.50 
Of great assistance to the small home owner wish- 
ing to landscape his own property. A great number 
of good ideas and suggestions ably presented by- 
two landscape architects. 
