The Herb Garden 
The Herb Garden 
By Frances Bardswe II $3.00 
16 color illus.; 189 pages; 5% x 9'/j inches 
Every detail of herb gardening is covered in these 
pages: making of the garden; annual, biennial and 
perennial pot-herbs; aromatic herbs; the mints; bitter 
herbs; bulbous plants; gathering, drying and storing; 
color in the herb garden. 
Gardening With Herbs 
for Flavor and Fragrance 
By Helen Morganthau Fox $3.50 
12 illus.; 334 pages; 6 x 8% inches 
Herbs in the garden, over the stove and in the ice 
box are described by this gardener who grew them 
for three years before selecting her list of 68 varieties 
that can be profitably grown by gardeners in America. 
190 pages are devoted to careful and accurate notes 
on cultivation, appearance, season, fragrance, and ap¬ 
pearance of flowers, seeds, and leaves. 
Having grown and stored them, Mrs. Fox looked 
into old Herbals, tales of cosmetic uses, and old wives’ 
recipes. She selected fifty-six dishes after many trials 
and had an expert supply recipes with exact measure¬ 
ments for their concoction. In addition to food and 
drink, and a cold cream; many sachet powders and 
a face wash "to clear a tanned complexion” came to 
light as ways of using herbs. 
Garden Lore and Fancies 
Gardens in America 
By Marion Cran $3.00 
16 illus.; 320 pages; 5% x 9 1 /* inches 
The story of how American gardens looked to the 
English eyes of the author. 
"I saw the Spanish gardens of California, the date 
gardens of the desert, the lovely forlorn lost gardens 
of the South, the azaleas, cypress swamps and wisteria 
of South Carolina;—the historic gardens of Virginia; 
the cherry blossoms of stately Washington, the dog¬ 
wood in Pennsylvania. ... I touched the splendours 
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