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PARK AND CEMETERY 
BOOKS FOR LANDSCAPE GARDENERS. 
The Beautiful Flower Garden. 
By F. Schuyler Matthews. Its treat- 
ment with special regard for the pic- 
turesque. Written and embellished with 
numerous illustrations. With notes on 
practical floriculture by A. H. Fewkes. 
191 pp., ill., i2mo, paper. .40 
Our Native Trees and How to Identify 
Them. 
By Harriet L. Keeler. With 178 full- 
page plates from photographs and 128 
text-drawings. 2.00 net 
Spraying for Profit. 
A practical hand book of the best 
methods. .20 
Quarter Acre Possibilities. 
Nutter. Illustrates how to improve 
the home surroundings in an artistic 
manner. 1.00 
How to Plan the Home Grounds. 
Parsons. Sets forth basic principles 
for beautifying home and other grounds. 
Practical. Illustrated. 240 pp. 1. 00 
Familiar Trees and Their Leaves. 
Matthews. Over 200 trees described 
under leaf characteristics and peculiari- 
ties. 1-75 
Plant Breeding. 
By L. H. Bailey. The treatment is 
both scientific and practical, and will en- 
able gardeners and horticulturists to ex- 
periment intelligently in cross-breeding. 
The subject is fully and clearly elabor- 
ated. Cloth, i2mo. 1. 00 
Old Time Gardens. 
Newly set forth by Alice Morse 
Earle; “a book of the sweet o’ the 
year.” A charming volume of garden 
lore, profusely illustrated, showing 
flowery nooks and corners of many of 
the historical landmarks of the country. 
Washington’s Garden at Mount Vernon, 
and the Garden of Abigail Adams are 
among those pictured and described. 
2.50 net 
Forest Trees and Forest Scenery. 
By G. Frederick Schwarz. An ap- 
preciative presentation of the esthetic 
value of some of our commonest forest 
trees. Locates geographically the well- 
known forest trees, and gives particular 
attention to the decorative effects of the 
trees and shrubbery. Excellent half- 
tone illustrations. 
Greenhouse Construction. 
By L. R. Taft. A complete treatise 
on greenhouse structures and arrange- 
ments of the various forms and styles 
of plant houses for professional florists 
as well as amateurs. All the best and 
most improved structures are so fully 
and clearly described that anyone who 
desires to build a greenhouse will have 
no difficulty in determining the kind 
best suited to his purpose. 
Illustrated. Cloth, i2mo. 1.50 
Greenhouse Management. 
By L. R. Taft. This book forms an 
almost indispensable companion volume 
to Greenhouse Construction. In It the 
author gives the results of his many 
years’ experience, together with that of 
the most successful florists and garden- 
ers, in the management of growing 
plants under glass. Illustrated. Cloth, 
i2mo. 1.50 
Bulbs and Tuberous-Rooted Plants. 
By C. L. Allen. A complete history, 
description, methods of propagation and 
full directions for the successful culture 
of bulbs in the garden, dwelling or 
greenhouse. The cultural directions are 
plainly stated, practical and to the point. 
Cloth, i2tno. 1.50 
Parsons on the Rose. 
By Samuel B. Parsons. A treatise on 
the propagation, culture and history of 
the rose. New and revised edition. 
Illustrated. Cloth, i2mo. 1.00 
Landscape Gardening. 
By F. A. Waugh, professor of horti- 
culture, University of Vermont. A 
treatise on the general principles gov- 
erning outdoor art ; with sundry sug- 
gestions for their application in the 
commoner problems of gardening. 
Illustrated, i2mo. Cloth. .50 
Principles of Plant Culture. 
By E. S. Goff. The text-book used in 
the classes in plant life and horticulture, 
in the popular Short Course in Agricul- 
ture, of the University of Wisconsin. It 
is full of practical ideas. 
Cloth, i2mo. Illustrated. 1.00 
Hedges, Windbreaks, Shelters and Live 
Fences. 
By E. P. Powell. A treatise on the 
planting, growth and management of 
hedge plants for country and suburban 
homes. It gives accurate directions 
concerning hedges; how to plant and 
how to treat them ; and especially con- 
cerning windbreaks and shelters. It in- 
cludes the whole art of making a de- 
lightful home, giving directions for 
nooks and balconies for bird culture and 
for human comfort. Illustrated. 140 
pages. i2mo, cloth. .50 
Garden Making. 
By L. H. Bailey. In this book the be- 
ginner in gardening is shown how easy 
it is to raise flowers, fruits and veget- 
ables, and to beautify one’s home 
grounds, if one starts right and has a 
genuine love for plants. It is thorough- 
ly practical 
Cloth, i2mo. 1.00 
Gardening for Pleasure. 
By Peter Henderson. A guide to the 
amateur in the fruit, vegetable and 
flower garden, with full descriptions for 
the greenhouse, conservatory and win- 
dow garden. It meets the wants of all 
classes in country, city and village who 
keep a garden for their own enjoyment 
rather than for the sale of products. 
Finely illustrated. Cloth, i2mo. 1.50 
The Water Garden. 
By William Tricker. Embracing the 
construction of ponds, adapting natural 
streams, planting, hybridizing, seed sav- 
ing, propagation, building an aquatic 
house, wintering, correct designing and 
planting of banks and margins, together 
with cultural directions for all orna- 
mental aquatics. Profusely illustrated 
with nine plates, eighteen full page de- 
scriptive views, and numerous other 
sketches in the text. Large octavo. 
Cloth. 2.00 
Landscape Gardening. 
By Samuel Parsons, Jr. Supt. New 
York Parks. 
Suggestions for lawns, parks, trees, 
shrubs, flowers and foliage, ponds and 
lakes. 300 pp., profusely illustrated. 
3.50 
The Century Book of Gardening. 
A comprehensive work for every 
lover of the garden. Edited by E. T. 
Cook, London. This splendid work is 
designed especially to help the home 
gardener, and provides information on 
every subject covered by that distinction. 
It is beyond this a work very wide in its 
possible applications. Most beautifully 
illustrated, containing pictorial examples 
of every kind of garden and garden 
plant, taken from some of the grandest 
gardens in the world. A work afford- 
ing at once instruction and pleasure. 7.50 
How to Know Wild Flowers. 
By Mrs. William Starr Dana. With 
48 colored plates and no full-page illus- 
trations. Enlarged, re-written and en- 
tirely reset. 2.00 net 
Maintenance of Macadam Roads. 
Codrington. Materials, construction, 
maintenance. Consumption of materials, 
sweeping and scraping, drainage, water- 
ing; cost, etc. 3.00 
What is a Kindergarten? 
Hansen. A suggestive book for 
planning and planting children’s gar- 
dens on lots of different sizes. 76 pp., 
8 plates. .75 
The Nursery Book. 
By L. H. Bailey. A complete guide to 
the multiplication of plants. The book 
comprises full practical directions for 
sowing, the making of all kinds of lay- 
ers, stools, cuttings, propagation by 
bulbs and tubers, and complete accounts 
of all the leading kinds of budding, 
grafting and inarching. Cloth, i2mo. 1. 00 
Municipal Public Works. 
An Elementary Manual of Municipal 
Engineering. By Ernest McCullough, 
C. E. This work treats of street and 
road making, drainage and sewerage, 
water supply, lighting and fire depart- 
ments and other important matters con- 
nected with municipal work, and is au- 
thoritative in its directions and conclu- 
sions. 153 pp. .50 
Nicholson’s Dictionary of Gardening. 
Volume 2 of the Century Supplement 
just issued, bringing this standard and 
invaluable work down to date. A prac- 
tical and scientific Encyclopedia of 
Horticulture, profusely illustrated, and 
more than ever indispensable to all 
workers in horticulture. The entire 
work complete, including the original 
four volumes and the Century Supple- 
ment of two volumes at 
5.00 a volume 
Cyclopedia of American Horticulture. 
The entire work now complete. By 
Prof. L. H. Bailey. A monumental 
work of acknowledged authority. It de- 
scribes and illustrates all the species of 
flowers, ornamental plants, fruits and 
vegetables known in the markets of the 
United States and Canada, and while 
giving great attention to the practical 
work of horticulture and horticultural 
pursuits it is technical enough to afford 
information and reference to all classes 
of readers. Contains over 2,000 illustra- 
tions. Subscriptions taken for the whole 
work only at 5.00 per volume 
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