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Henderson's New Garden Guide and Record for 1917 



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FROM a very modest beginning, seven years ago, this little book has become the indispensable handbook and pocket encyclopedia of thousands of 

 gardeners throughout the United States, and we think that Henderson's Garden Guide contains more essential information, is more simple in 

 style and form, easier of reference, and more complete than many works much more pretentious in character. In a measure, our customers have 

 contributed to its contents, for a great deal of the information given has been suggested by the numerous questions put to us daily over our counters, so 

 that the Garden Guide is essentially an attempt to anticipate and solve the countless problems which confront both the novice and the experienced gardener. 

 Originally designed for the amateur and containing only the most elementary information, it has gradually grown to be more inclusive, so that it now 

 embraces almost every known phase of ordinary garden craft. This growth has by no means robbed it of its simplicity, but has rather extended its usefulness 

 to a greater number of gardeners. 



It is of convenient pocket size (5x8H inches), has a waterproof cover, and has this year been enlarged to 96 pages, including a complete index and 

 12 pages, one for every month, for noting phenomena, dates and other items of interest. These not only greatly enhance its value, but suggest and encourage 

 a studious attitude in the garden. 



The "Garden Beautiful" and "Garden Bountiful" may be easily realized by studying the following articles: 



Flowers from Seed: 



Selections for Different Purposes. 

 Brief Instructions How to Grow An- 

 nuals, Biennials, Perennials. 

 Special on Asters. Pansies and Sweet 

 Peas, including Garden Culture. 

 Growing Exhibition and Winter 

 Flowering Sweet Peas. 

 Flower Gardens made entirely of 

 Annuals from Seed. 



Common Names 



Of Plants and Flowers with their 

 Botanical Equivalents. 



Garden Culture of the Rose: 



Combating Insects and Diseases. 



Chrysanthemums and 



How to Grow Exhibition Flowers. 

 Dahlia Culture. 

 Plans for Flower Beds 



With Number of Plants required. 



Bulb Culture: 



In Gardens, Pots and Naturalized. 

 Gladiolus and Peony Culture. 



Pruning Shrubs: 



Which Flower on New and Which 

 on Old Wood. 



Lawns and Grass Plots. 



Making, Maintaining and Reno- 

 vating. 



How to Eradicate Worms and 

 Moles in the Soil and Weeds in 

 Walks. 



Tree Surgery: 



How to Fill Hollow Trees. Repair 

 Wounds, Splits, Moss and Lichen 

 on Bark, etc. 



Preparing Garden Ground: 



Fertilizing, Draining, Cultivating. 



Vegetable Culture - 



Brief Directions and How to Grow 



the Big Prizetakers. 



Companion and Successive Crops. 



The Fall Vegetable Garden and 



What to Plant. 



When to Gather Vegetables at their 



Best for the Home Table. 



HENDERSON'S 



GARDEN GUIDE 



AND RECORD 

 Peter Henderson & Co. 



35 and 37 CORTLANDT ST. NEW YORK 



Vegetable Planting Time Table: 



Distance, Depth to Sow. Days from 

 Sowing until Ready to Use, etc. 



Culinary Herbs: 



Culture, Harvesting and Prepara- 

 tion. 



Plans for Vegetable Garden, Bulb, 

 and Flower Beds. 



Killing Frosts: 



Latest Dates in Spring, Earliest in 

 Fall for many localities. 



Vegetables for Winter Use. 



What to Grow and How to Store. 



Winter Salads: 



Witloof, Chicory, etc. How to 

 Force. 



Cold Frame Vegetables: 



What and How to Grow for Winter 

 Use. 



Small Fruits: 



Culture of Strawberries, Grapes, 

 etc. 



Insects and Plant Diseases: 



Latest Methods of Treatment. 

 How to Prevent Potato Scab, etc. 



Hot Beds and Cold Frames: 



How to Make and Maintain. 



Fertilizing: 



The essentials consumed by vege- 

 tables and fruits as a guide to what 

 fertilizer the land requires. Liming 

 and how to tell if needed. 



Water Required by Various 

 Crops. 



Garden Friends that should not 

 be destroyed: How to Win the 



Insect Eating Birds, etc. 



Do Melons and Cucumbers Mix? 



Canning Vegetables, etc.: 



Saving the Garden Surplus by New 

 Methods with Home Canners. 

 Weather Bureau Maps as an aid 

 to sowing and planting. 



And many other Pithy Garden 

 Pointers. 



HENDERSON'S GARDEN GUIDE AND RECORD IS HIGHLY ESTEEMED 



"/; seems almost impossible to do without your 

 'Garden Guide.'" R. S. TAYLOR, 



Lafayette, Ind. 

 "I want you to know that your Garden Guide' 

 enabled me to have a very satisfactory garden, 

 although I never had a hoe in my hand before." 

 Mrs. BERTHA LARSH, Hamilton, Ohio. 

 "I want to say that your 'Garden Guide' con- 

 tains more information "for the beginner than any 

 other book." CHARLES W. BUSH, 



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 and is a very handy book." 



CHAS. H. WELLS, Fall River, Mass. 



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 Guide."' Mrs. HELEN LONG AC 'RE, 



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 "I have perused very carefully the entire book 

 'Garden Guide and Record' and I think it is the 

 most complete pocket edition I have ever seen; you 

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Baltimore, Md. 

 "A neighbor recently lent me the most wonderful 

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Barrington, Nova Scotia. 

 "Your 'Garden Guide' was received. In an 

 hour of reading I gathered information on ten 



different subjects that 1 had never seen as clearly 

 dealt with before." 



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Montreal, Canada. 



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 W. H. MAGOFFIN, 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



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 useful. It helped me more than a hired man." 

 Mrs. A. REAND, Norfolk, Conn. 

 "I am well pleased with the 'Garden Guide and 

 Record,' and I fail to see how anyone can go wrong 

 with such a valuable book for reference." 

 W. E. ESC HEN BACH, 



Allentown, Pa. 



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