WILLIAM C BECKERT 



takes pleasure in calling attention to the publica- 

 tion of a much-needed new and up-to-date book, 

 entitled 



''Garden-Making" 



giving, -with copious illustration, full directions for 

 the cultivation of VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, 

 FRUITS, ETC., and including suggestions for the 

 utilizing of home grounds of any extent. 



SENT BY MAIL TO ANY ADDRESS FOR $1 



This work, prepared under the hands of Professor L. H. Baile.y, 

 of Coi'nell University, meets the want for a concise and practical 

 hand-l)ook for the small cultivator, and constitutes, in fact, a GUIDE 

 TO DAILY PRACTICE IN THE GARDEN, whether that garden be a city 

 backyard or an enclosure of acres. 



Garden-Making is in no sense a mere scientific treatise, but instead 

 presents in simple language such information as is needed l>y every 

 man or womah who buys one packet of seed or sets one plant. The book 

 is profKneh/ illiinf rated, and the pictures are remarkably fine. 



SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS. 



I. General Remarks— What may be done with the home plot— Possibili- 

 ties of tlie land. Location of the buildings— Fences anil hedges. Prepai-itiim 

 of the land— Tilling— Fei-tilizing—Di-aining. How to plant trees and shrnlis. 

 Insects and diseases— Spraying— Mice, Moles, etc. Tools— Hoes and vakes— Weed- 

 ers and dibbles— Spades, Hand cultivators— Seed sowers — Labels. 



II. Th© Ornamental Ground— The laying out of grounds— The picture 

 in the landscape. Making a lawn. Planting on a lawn— Cai-pet beds. Trees and 

 sli rubs— Pruning. Walks and drives. Lists of plants for particular purposes. 

 How to sow and grow the ditferent bulbs and flowers, with lists of varieties. 



III. The Vegetable Garden— Laying out the area. Hotbeds, coldframes ' 

 and glass houses. How to sow .md grow the different vegetables, with lists 

 of varieties. 



IV. The 

 Fruit Garden — 



How to plant. How 

 to grow the differ- 

 ent fruits, with 

 lists of varieties. 

 Glass graperies. 



V. Calendars 

 of Operations for 

 the different 

 months and for 

 different parts 

 of the country. 



PRICE ONE 

 DOLLAR. Sent 



postpaid by llhistratum fn 



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WM. C BECKERT, I9 Federal Street, ALLEGHENY, PA. 



