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FiFom FETER HEMDERSON » CO.. KEW Y01H.SS S 



Henderson's GARDEN GUIDE AND RECORD 1924 



Price 25 cents 

 New Edition 



A copy of this valuable 

 book IS sent free with ' 

 all orders amounting 

 to $2.00 or over, 

 if asked for when 

 ordering. 



Size 

 5 in. X 8}4 in. 



This book has become the indispensable handbook of thousands of gardeners throughout the United 

 States. Henderson's Garden Guide contains more essential information, is easier of reference, and 

 more complete than many works much more pretentious in character. In a measure, our customers have 

 contributed to its contents by the questions put to us daily over our counters, so that the Garden 

 Guide is an attempt to solve the problems which confront both the novice and the experienced 

 gardener. Originally designed for the amateur and containing only elementary informa- 

 tion, it has grown to be more inclusive, so that it now embraces almost every phase 

 ""r^-^ — of ordinary garden craft. This growth has not robbed it of its simplicity, 

 out has extended its usefulness to a greater number of gardeners. 

 It is of convenient pocket size (5x83^ inches), has 64 pages of 

 text, including a complete index. Also 12 calendar pages, 

 \ one for every month, for noting phenomena, dates and other 

 M items of interest. These greatly enhance its value and 

 S\ encourage an observant attitude in the garden. It 

 ^ treats of 



Vegetable Culture — Direc- 

 tions How to Grow. 

 Companion and Succes- 

 sive Crops. 



Vegetable Planting Time 

 Table. 



Culinary Herbs. 



Vegetables for Winter Use. 



Cold F.-ame Vegetables. 



Insects and Plant Diseases. 



Hot Beds and Cold Frames. 



Fertilizing and Fertilizers. 



Canning Vegetables, etc. 



Preparing Garden Ground. 



Lawns and Grass Plots- 

 Making, Maintaining and 

 Renovating. 



Flowers from Seed — Selec- 

 tions for Different Pur- 

 poses and Brief Instruc- 

 tions How to Grow. 



Dahlia Culture. 



Plans for Flower Beds. 



Bulb Culture. 



Gladiolus and Peony Cul- 

 ture. 



Pruning Shrubs. 



And Many Other Pithy 

 Garden Pointers. 



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"7 would not be wttliout your 

 'Garden Guide' ifitcost%5.00 " 



WM. H. WALL, 



Bronx, N. Y. 



We could fill pages with letters praising Henderson's Garden 

 Guide and Record. A letter recently received says: 



" Your C-arden Guide and Record is the most useful and the best 

 publication of its kind for the amateur gardener.. 1 refer to it every 

 day during planting time." 



W. S. WILLIAMS, 

 President, New England Heating Co., Providence, R. I. 

 •l* "With my recent order I received one of your 'Garden Guides.' 



, ' It is the 'meatiest' Utile book I ever read; almost a Bible for the amateur 



gardener. I enclose a check for six copies to sund to my friends." 

 FRED. II. CLIFFORD, Bangor, Me. 

 "I would not be without one of your 'Garden Guides' if it cost S5.00. 

 / believe it to be the most comprehensive book ever written on gardening." 



WM. H. WALL, Bronx, N. Y. 

 " Your 'Garden Guide and Record' contains a large amount of information 

 III a small compass, and is a very handy book." 



CHAS. H. WELLS, Fall River, Mass. 



"I wish I could convince every man and woman that it is almost impossible 



to have a gardeti that will be a success without the Henderson 'Garden Guide.' " 



' Mrs. HELEN LONG AC RE, La Junta, Colo. 



"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 are to be 



i congratulated on pultine out such a valuable book." 



Mrs. L. C. ZIMMERMAN N, Baltimore, Md. 

 " Kindly send a copy of 'Garden Guide and Record.' We followed your directions 

 for canning and did not lose a can of our corn, lima or green beans, peas or tomatoes." 

 Mrs. FRANK A. THOMAS, Indianapolis, Ind. 

 "Please send me another copy of your 'Garden Guide and Record.' It is the 

 most lucid and comprehensive work on the subject I ever saw." 



W. H. MAGOFFIN, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 " Kindly send me the 'Garden Guide and Record.' I used it last year, and found 

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



Mrs. .4. RE AND, 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, Allenlown, Pa. 



Make Your Garden Work Full Time 



We want to remind you that you can make your garden work for you 

 both in the SPRING, in the SUMMER, and in the FALL and keep right on 

 up to frost, the good work of providing an abundant supply of fresh vege- 

 tables for your table. 



Early planting is of course necessary for varieties which need a long 

 season in which to mature, but there are varieties which need only a short 

 growing period and these should be chosen for summer or fall planting. 

 They are designated in our catalogue as "early" and are the result of ex- 

 perimental work in our trial grounds extending over a period of seventy-five 



Varieties Last Date for Sowing 



Asparagus Roots Plant up to Oct. '.30th 



Beans, Lima June 25th 



Beans, Dwarf or Bush Until Aug. 1st 



Beets Aug. 15th 



Brussels Sprouts Up to June (in seed bed) 



Cabbage June loth 



Carrot Aug. 15th 



Cauliflower Jime 15th 



Celery June 10th 



Chinese Cabbage Aug. 10th 



Collards ' July 5th 



Com Salad Aug. 10th 



Corn, Sweet , July 15th 



Cress, Garden Sept. 1st 



Cress, Water Aug. 1st 



Cucumber July 15th 



years. It will be found that all of these may safely be planted in the summer 

 and early fall. 



Succession sowings should be made of most vegetables throughout the 

 Summer and early Fall to supply the_ table, but when vegetables are wanted 

 for canning purposes or for storing it is better to sow seed late in the summer. 

 Then, as the crops mature late, they keep longer. 



Vegetablesrnaturing in the late Fall are hardier and therefore better for 

 storing in winter. Below we print a list of vegetable seeds suitable for 

 sowing in June, July, August and September in the latitude of New York. 



Varieties Last Date for Sowing - 



Endive Aug. 1st 



Kale Aug. 1st 



Kohl-Rabi July 15th 



Lettuce Aug. 15th 



Mustard Aug. 1.5th 



Onion Sets (Perennial) Oct. 30th 



Parsley Aug. 1st 



Parsnip July 5th 



Peas July 1 5th 



Pumpkin . . . ; To June 



Radish, Spring Until Sept. 



Radish, Winter To A ug. 



Ruta Baga To June 



Spinach. Sept. 15th 



Swiss Chard Aug. 1st 



Turnip Aug. 1st 



1924 WITNESSES THE COMPLETION OF OUR 77tH YEAR IN BUSINESS. FOUNDED IN 1817 BY PETER HENDERSON, 

 THE BUSINESS IS STILL CARRIED ON BY HIS SON AND GRANDSONS. 



