This Circular Describes Six Standard Helpful Gardening Books 
which we can heartily recommend to our patrons 
GARDEN GUIDE 
Some 384 pages and over 275 teaching illustrations with beautiful cover in four colors. 
Postpaid Prices, Paper $1.10—Cloth $1.65 
Fourth edition. This book in its first 
edition, was recognized by the most prac- 
tical men in the country as the GEM of 
gardening literature—THE VERY BEST 
OBTAINABLE—so that now it can safely be 
said that this latest edition (4th) with its 
careful revisions and its many new features 
is unapproachable from every standpoint. 
Covers Every Step from Spading the 
Ground to Preserving the Harvest 
BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS 
Chap. I Covers the composition of a garden, and 
gives the correct location of the dwelling house. 
It includes various planting plans so that the 
reader is started right from the very beginning. 
Lawns and grass plots are covered in Chap. II, 
with advice on seed mixtures and instructions on 
sowing, mowing, rolling, weeding and turfing. 
Chap. Ill takes in hedges and fences. Chap. IV 
discusses trees, evergreens and shrubs available for 
beautifying lawn and landscape. 
Every detail of Rose growing and varieties is the 
subject of Chap. V. 
Hardy Perennials for the Permanent Garden is 
the title of Chap. VI, with valuable lists of hardy 
flowers for moist ground, the rock garden, etc. 
Annuals and Biennials are thoroughly covered in 
Chap. VII. 
Everybody’s Favorites is well cared for in Chap. 
VIII. Chap. IX embraces Bulbs and Tuberous 
Rooted Plants, while Hardy Garden Ferns and 
Rock Gardens make up the subject matter in Chap. X and XI. 
The making of Garden Furniture is not overlooked, being covered in Chap. XII. Window 
Boxes and Porch Plants are taken care of in Chap. XIII. 
One of the most important chapters (XIV) follows—The Vegetable Garden. Cultural directions 
are given for every vegetable grown in the home garden; it also includes pointers on Labeling 
Plants, the Vegetable Garden in Winter, the Home Food Winter Storage Cellar, etc. 
Fruit for the Small Garden is comprehensively covered in Chap. XV, including a plan for an 
Ideal Fruit Garden. Bungalow or Midsummer Gardening is the subject of Chap. XVI. Fertilizers 
are discussed in Chap. XVII. 
Chaps. XVIII, XIX and XX take in the subjects of Pruning, Plant Propagation and Trans¬ 
planting. In the pruning chapter instructions how and when to prune each plant will be found. 
There are various methods of protecting plants in Winter; this is set forth in Chap. XXI on Winter 
Protection. 
Insect Pests and Diseases of Plants (Chaps. XXII and XXIII) will prove of invaluable assis¬ 
tance to every gardener. Lawn and Garden Weeds comprise Chap. XXIV, followed by Chap. XXV 
on Greenhouses, Hotbeds and Frames and Chap. XXVI on Garden Tools. 
A Calendar of Garden Operations is given in Chap. XXVII. Chap. XXVIII covers Animal 
Life in the Garden, as poultry, pigeons, rabbits, etc. Chap. XXVIX on Birds in the Garden, is most 
interesting and instructive. 
•Explicit instructions on Canning Fruits and Vegetables for Winter are given in Chap. XXX. 
The book closes with Chap. XXXI wherein are given a number of miscellaneous items of value to 
the amateur gardener. 
Roseson arches and Sweet Peas on trellises between. 
On either side are Rose beds in the lawn. Iris beds in 
the foreground. This is not an expensive proposition. 
Splendid features of Garden Guide are the layouts (plans) for vegetable, flower and 
fruit gardens. These are real workable plans and far superior to those which go the 
rounds of the press, or are to be found in most gardening books. 
FOTTLER, FISKE, RAWSON CO. 
12 & 13 Faneuil Hall Square Boston, Mass. 
