126 BOOKS—INFORMATION 
State Nursery and Seed Co. 
BOOKS THAT TELL YOU HOW—"MAKE PRACTICAL GIFTS” 
to plan your garden, to select flowers and plants, to design gardens and home 
grounds, to raise vegetables, to control pests, to feed plants, to care for trees. 
SPRAYING, DUSTING, AND FUMIGATING OF PLANTS, by A. F. Mason 
Tells what pests to expect and how to identify and control them, 
how to choose the right spray materials, how to select spraying and 
dusting machinery, and every other detail for the successful pest con¬ 
trol of fruit, vegetables, and outdoor garden plants; 237 illustrations; 
57 0 pages; 5^x8 inches— -$3.00. 
THE OUTDOOR LIVING ROOM 
By L. W. Ramsey, and Charles II. Lawrence 
Pictures and text show how home owners everywhere may enjoy 
the benefits of an outdoor garden room, designed for living and for the 
enjoyment of the family and its friends. This book tells just how to 
make such a room to be livable, pleasing, artistically correct, and alto¬ 
gether delightful. Its living walls of green, its carpet of turf, and its 
decorations of interesting color and texture must follow accepted prin¬ 
ciples of design for permanent pleasure and use. The principles as set 
forth here apply in every climate and may be carried out in a variety 
of plant materials. Profusely illustrated with photographs and draw¬ 
ings; frontispiece in color. Cloth, 8vo—$2.50. 
THE GARDENER, by L. H. Bailey 
Beginning with A and running through to Z, this book lists and 
tells how to plant and care for all the common flowers, vegetables, 
and fruits from the time they are planted through to maturity. 116 
illustrations; 260 pages—$2.00. 
PRINCIPLES OF VEGETABLE GARDENING, by L. H. Bailey 
Pull information on growing 70 vegetable crops makes this book 
worth several times its price to every grower. Includes practical point¬ 
ers on hotbeds, cold-frames, weeds, insects and diseases, marketing, 
storing, and drying; 250 illustrations, 490 pages— $4.00. 
PERENNIAL GARDENS, by H. S. Ortloff 
Following the simple directions in this book insures a perennial 
garden crowded with bloom, in which the colors make a perfectly 
blended picture; 90 pages—$1.25. 
ROCK GARDENS, by F. F. Rockwell 
Brief, clear descriptions and numerous drawings show just how you 
can build a rock garden yourself, on a large or small scale and at small 
cost; 31 illustrations, 86 pages—$1.25. 
GARDEN POOLS: LARGE AND SMALL, by Ramsey and Lawrence 
Nothing else can add so much to your garden as a pool, even if it 
only a transformed wash tub in the tiniest garden space. How to have 
one is fully explained in this new book. Its text is so complete and its 
illustrations are so numerous and practical that you can easily find the 
type of pool that fits in your garden and learn all about designing, 
planting and caring for it; 41 illustrations, 122 pages— $2.50. 
IRISES, by F. F. Rockwell 
A handy guide which will bring you success with irises and show 
new uses and effects possible in your garden. Describes the dwarf, 
early, German, Japanese, Siberian, water, crested, Spanish, English, 
Dutch and other types; tells how to plant and how to propagate stock 
for your own use; 54 illustrations, 80 pages—$1.25. 
LILACS IN MY GARDEN, by Alice Harding 
The finest modern developments in the lilac have been raised by 
Mrs. Harding, who has worked with the world’s finest lilac hybridizer, 
Emile Lemoine, in Prance. Double and single flowered lilacs in red, 
white, gray, and purple are described and their methods of propaga¬ 
tion and cultivation outlined; 88 pages, 7 halftones—$1.50. 
THE HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN, by E. M. Freeman 
A book which shows how to grow fresh, crisp vegetables in your 
own garden and cut down on the grocer’s bills. Pull of practical de¬ 
tails for laying out the garden, planting, and growing vegetables suc¬ 
cessfully; 8 illustrations, 214 pages—$1.75. 
NUMBER OF PLANTS TO THE ACRE NUMBER OF PLANTS PRODUCED FROM 
Distance 
Apart 
No. 
of Plants 
Distance Apart 
No. of 
Plants 
Asparagus 
AN OUNCE OF SEED 
Plants 
.... about 300 Kale _ 
Plants 
.about 2,000 
1 
foot 
by 
1 
foot. 
.43,560 
3 feet 
by 
3 
feet.. 
.4,840 
Broccoli . 
. “ 2,000 
Beek 
.. “ 1,000 
1% 
feet 
by 
1% 
feet. 
.19,360 
4 feet 
by 
4 
feet.. 
.2,722 
Cabbage ... 
. “ 2,000 
Lettuce 
“ 3,000 
2 
feet 
by 
1 
foot. 
.21,780 
5 feet 
by 
4 
feet.. 
.2,178 
Cauliflower 
.. “ 2,000 
Pepper . 
.. “ 2,000 
2 
feet 
by 
2 
feet. 
.10,890 
5 feet 
by 
5 
feet.. 
.1,742 
Celery . 
. “ 3,000 
Tomato 
.. “ 3,000 
2% 
feet 
by 
2% 
feet. 
. 6,969 
6 feet 
by 
6 
feet.. 
.1,200 
Eggplant . 
. “ 1,000 
Sage . 
.. “ 1,000 
3 
feet 
by 
2 
feet. 
. 7,260 
8 feet 
by 
8 
feet.. 
. 680 
Endive . 
. “ 3,000 
Thyme . 
... “ 5,000 
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