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For identification: Were you 
ever disappointed because you 
bought seed you had identified 
with the wrong name? Only ac¬ 
cepted, standard nomenclature 
is used in this book. Consult 
‘‘The Picture Cyclopedia of 
Flowers” to avoid such disap¬ 
pointment. 
For the first time, accurately colored photographs ol 
every important garden flower are assembled within the coveis 
of a single book. Gardeners and garden authorities tell us 
that no such book has ever before existed. Fuithei, they asseit 
that GARDEN FLOWERS IN COLOR is the very thing for 
which they have been looking. 
Whether vou are an expert who captures prizes at }aid 
and garden contests or a novice who is ambitiously planning 
his first real garden, you will want this book for its help and 
information. 
The greatest money s worth in garden books 
that has yet appeared. 
PLANTING HINTS: Here you 
learn where and when to plant, the 
soil preferences of each flower, 
adaptability to sun and shade, and 
use in border, clump, bed, or rock 
garden. 
HABIT: Every plant description 
tells you the degree of hardiness, 
whether the plant has a winter dress 
or dies down to the ground, and 
whether it richly repays the gar¬ 
dener for the care required to bring 
it to maturity. 
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ROPAGATION: In this book you 
imediately learn the best method 
propagating plants—whether by 
>ed, cutting, budding, or other 
ethods. 
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FLOWER DESCRIPTIONS: This 
book points out plants with decora¬ 
tive and ragged foliage, specifies 
length and time of blooming season, 
describes branching habit, upright 
or trailing nature, and stature of 
plant. 
A wealth of briHjant, 
accurately colored photographs 
As a catalog aid: Refer to GAR¬ 
DEN FLOWERS IN COLOR 
for any flower not illustrated in 
a seed catalog—it will heighten 
your satisfaction with seed pur¬ 
chases. 
For color arrangement: With 
this book you can select unusual 
color schemes, a seasonal pro¬ 
gression of colors, and the flow¬ 
ers you most admire for cutting. 
Each plant is pictured for you in 
full and accurate colors. 
When you combine flowers: Use 
this book in planning flower bor¬ 
ders and beds. It gives you the 
exact picture, scale of plant, ef¬ 
fect of flowers in the mass, 
height of mature plant, type of 
foliage, and textures of flower 
and foliage. 
IN COLOR 
By G. A. Stevens 
A PICTURE 
Cyclopedia 
of Flowers 
