GAEDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 



BOOKS FOR THE INDOOR GARDENER 



However successful you are with your window 

 gardening, you are sure to enjoy knowing what 

 other people have learned and written on the sub- 

 ject, and a number of simple, interesting books are 

 available. Your librarian will be glad to point out 

 the best she has to offer, and there are several you 

 may want to own. ^'Manual of Gardening," by 

 L. H. Bailey, formerly Dean of the Agricultural 

 College at Cornell University, is one of the most 

 comprehensive, covering every phase of gardening, 

 summer and winter, indoors and out ; ' ^ The Flower 

 Garden," by Ida D. Bennett, devotes considerable 

 space to house plants, window gardens, hot beds, 

 etc. ; ' ' Green House and Window Plants, ' ' by Chas. 

 Collins, is a little book by an English authority, 

 and goes quite fully into soils, methods of propagat- 

 ing, management of green houses, and also the 

 growing of house plants ; '^Practical Horticulture," 

 by our own Peter Henderson, while especially val- 

 uable to the large commercial grower, contains 

 much interesting information for the amateur; 



House Plants and How to Grow Them," by P. T. 

 Barnes, however, is one of the simplest and best, 

 and sure to suit the busy school-girl, in a hurry to 



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