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The Garden Magazine, December, 1923 
A Pepper tree shading a bench at the end of a broad walk planted with snapdragons 
and edged with little English daisies. What could be more simple or more satisfying? 
Gardening In California 
A Guide for the Amateur on the Pacific Slope 
by Sydney B. Mitchell 
Sydney B. Mitchell is well 
known to the readers of Garden 
Magazine as an authoritative 
and interesting commentator 
on affairs in the garden. 
In his new book, like the good 
Californian he is, Mr. Mitchell 
begins with the climate—and 
its effects on gardening. Fol¬ 
lows then a discussion of irriga¬ 
tion, cultivating, propagation, 
planting, and planning, and last 
of all, a detailed consideration 
of individual plants. He tells 
how it is possible to have a gar¬ 
den that is pleasing all the year 
around, to have bulbs in flower 
twelve months in the year, and 
how to make chrysanthemums, 
dahlias, gladioli, irises and roses 
yield gorgeous and satisfying re¬ 
sults. He discusses vines as 
ornaments and as shade, he dis¬ 
cusses trees and shrubs and 
their uses, he discusses annuals 
and perennials, and he discusses 
that most charming and most 
neglected phase of planting, the 
rock and water garden. The 
book is well illustrated and sup¬ 
plemented by a calendar telling 
what to do every month in the 
year. 
Crown Octavo. Bound in rich blue 
cloth—stamped in gold —323 pp., of 
which 28 pp. are illustrations. A beau¬ 
tiful gift book, yet a sturdy volume 
that will stand the wear of much 
reading. 
At all bookstores 
Price, $ 2.00 
Published by DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO. 
Garden City, New York. In Canada, 25 Richmond St., W., Toronto 
