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BETTER GARDENS 



HEN DEPvS O N'S 



GARDEN -GUIDE • AND • RECORD 



INTRODUCTION 



in this booklet of convenient pocket form so that it may be taken right out in the garden 



we have endeavored to give as concisely as possible correct cultural directions 



for the leading vegetables and flowers from seeds and answer in simple 



language many of the hundred and one questions that sometimes 



perplex the amateur gardener* The various topics while not 



exhaustive are treated in an up'to-date manner and 



may be quickly found by referring to the 



index. 



AMONG THE TOPICS CONSIDERED 



FLOWERS FROM SEED : 

 Selections for Different Purposes. 

 Brief Instructions How to Grow Annuals, Biennials, 

 Perennials. 



Special on Asters, Pansies and Sweet Peas, including 

 Garden Culture. Growing Exhibition and Winter 

 Flowering Sweet Peas. 



Flower Gardens in individual colors, as the White 

 Garden, Pink Garden, Yellow Garden, etc. 

 A list of Fragrant Flowers. 



DAHLIA CULTUrVE. 



HERBACEOUS BORDER : 

 Plans and What to Plant. 



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 Renovating. 

 How to Eradicate Worms and Moles in the Soil 

 and Weeds in Walks. 



PREPARING GARDEN GROUND: 

 Fertilizing, Draining, Cultivating. 



VEGETABLE CULTURE : 

 Brief Directions and How to Grow the Big Prize- 

 takers. 



Companion and Successive Crops. 

 The Fail Vegetable Garden and What to Plant. 

 When to Gather Vegetables at their Best for the 

 Home Table. 



VEGETABLE PLANTING TIME TABLE: 

 Distance, Depth to Sow. Days from Sowing until 

 Ready to Use, etc. 



CULINARY HERBS: 



Culture and Harvesting. 

 PROTECTING VEGETABLE AND FRUIT 



CROPS FROM FROST BY "SMUDGING." 

 VEGETABLES FOP, WINTEK 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. 

 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 : 



Liming and how to tell if needed. Manure, water. 



How to make, where and how to apply. The 



Quantities of Fertilizers Required for different areas. 

 COOKING TIME .TABLE FOR VAKIOUS 



VEGETABLES. 

 CANNING VEGETABLES, ETC.: 



Saving the Garden Surplus by New Methods with 



Home Canners. 

 TIME REQUIRED TO DIGEST VEGETABLES, 



FRUITS AND NUTS. 

 AND MANY OTHER PITHY GAKDEN 



POINTEPvS. 



ANOTHER FEATURE OF HENDERSON'S GARDEN GUIDE AND RECORD 



Is the blank pages for making notes, such as the kind of vegetable, fruit or flower, date of 



sowing or planting, first product, continuity, quality, etc. In fact many little 



records should be kept in it to refresh one's mind regarding 



another season's gardening operations. 



This booklet is sent without charge with any order of $2.00 or over, but must be requested. 



Petek Henderson &- Co. 



35 6- 37 CORTLANDT STREET, NEW YORK 



