The Garden Magazine, June, 1923 
293 
A Shelf of 
GARDENER’S BOOKS 
Planning Your Garden 
by W. S. Rogers 
Back of every garden is the plan. If legitimate pride and 
personal interest make you want to lay out your garden yourself, 
this complete and practical guide with 105 illustrations will answer 
all questions of planning. ($1.75) 
Lawn-Making 
by Leonard Barron 
The first practical guide to the making and upkeep of the lawn. 
Mr. Barron’s idea is “to make the lawn once and for all,” and to 
that end he discusses each type of seed and soil, reveals several 
“secret” lawn mixtures, and keeps always in mind the fine agree¬ 
ment of beauty and utility. Illustrated. ($1.75) 
“All that is very vtell,” 
answered Candide, “but let 
us cultivate our garden.” 
—Voltaire 
The Vegetable Garden 
by Adolph Kruhm 
The whole how of growing your own fresh vegetables. The 
right variety for your locality, and the type of each which makes 
for quality, not mere bulk. Illustrated. (#1.75) 
House Plants 
by Parker T. Barnes 
Mr. Barnes says—“The purpose of this volume is to discuss 
fully those house plants which are sure to succeed.” Bulbs, ferns, 
flowers, all may be grown indoors as successfully as our grand¬ 
mothers grew them, but the rules must be obeyed. Illustrated. ($1.75) 
The Complete Garden 
by Albert D. Taylor, M.S.A. 
Fellow, American Society of Landscape Architects 
“It tells what plants to use in every conceivable condition of soil and environment. . . . Mr. Taylor leaves nothing 
to the imagination; that is the chief reason why his book should be in the possession of all amateur gardeners.”—N.Y. Post 
Many illustrations. ($6.00) 
Doubleday, 
Garden City, Long Island, New York 
Page & Co. 
In Canada: 25 Richmond St., W., Toronto 
