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IMPORTANT HOUSE AND GARDEN BOOKS 
The Garden Primer 
By GRACE TABOR 
T he garden primer, as its title indicates, is a hand-book 
of practic.il gardening information for the beginner, covering 
every branch of the subject from preparing the soil to the 
gathering of the fniit and flowers. In it is set forth, without any con¬ 
fusing technicalities, just the information that will enable the ama¬ 
teur to grasp quickly the essentials of garden-making. The author, 
in preparing tins book, has drawn from her long experience, and in 
wiiting it assumes on the part of the reader no knowledge of the 
subject, in older that it may be of the gi-eatest value to the be¬ 
ginner. While dealing with first principles this volume has an equal 
intere.st for the advanced gardener, who will find much of value in 
the experiences of the author, and in a fresh presentation of a sub¬ 
ject which ahvays abounds in new’ methods and discoveries. 
Every bnnch of gardening is treated in a delightfuhy practical 
wa.v—the gi'owing of vegetables and flowers, the use of fertilize-s. 
pruning, cultivating, spraying and the thousand-and-one things that 
every successful garden-maker needs to know. A jirofusion of illus¬ 
trations from life, many of tliem of the most practical sort in 
explaining the various garden operations, make the text especially clear. 
2ncl Edition Revised and Enlarged: Cloth, 12mo. $1 net; postage 9c 
Home Vegetable Gardening 
By F. F. ROCKWELL 
■'HERE are many books that treat of vegetable gardening, fmit 
giow’ing and the like, in an encyclopedic way. They tell what 
vegetables there are. their characteristics, ideal conditions for 
each, what pests are liable to attack them, and so on, giving far 
too much iiifoimation and in too technical a form for the man or 
woman who w’ants to establish a vegetable garden on the country 
place or ^ubu-.ban lot for family use. Here is just where "Home 
Vegetable Gardening" is different from books of this kind. The 
autlior, F. F. Rockwell, is a practical gardener himself. He real¬ 
izes from long exi)erience just what the average layman wants to 
know in order to raise a snccessiul crop of vegetables and fruit. 
Accordingly, he has gathered together in this little volume exactly 
the information that will make it of satisfying value to the amateur. 
Nothing is omitted to make a book that will answ'er every question 
and prove a reference of unfailing value. Complete planting tables 
show at a glance when to plant, how deep, how far apart, the time 
of maturing, etc. Profusely illustrated. 
Cloth, 12mo. uniform with the “Garden Primer'* $1 net; postage 9c 
The Landscape Gardening Book 
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By GRACE TABOR 
' HERE have been many books published within the past few 
years on the various branches of gardening, but most of 
these have dealt with the cultural side exclusively. The 
larger subject, embracing the wiiole site of the countiy home, 
particularly one of moderate size, has apparently been ignored. 
The author of "The Landscape Gardening Hook," a w’ell-known 
landscape architect, has wTitten the one book that solves the 
whole problem of making a home out of a house and plot. Tlie 
book shows just how to plan the home giounds. whether they con¬ 
sist of a suburban plot or a large estate—how to plan the en- 
-trance walks and drivewaj’s; how to p’ant trees so that they 
will give the most value in shade and beauty: hoiv to group and 
plant shmbbery for a harmonious mass as well as a succession of 
bloom; how to make the grounds attractive in winter — in short, 
tliis is tlje one essential hook for the man who would have his 
home something more than a mere building set on the earth. Tho 
illustrations are superb half-tone reproductions of representative gardens and homes. 
Cloth, 8 VO, $2 net; postage 20c 
Distinctive Homes of Moderate Cost 
Edited by HENRY H. SAYLOR 
T his book has been published in response to an ever-increas¬ 
ing demand for a volume of pictures, plans and descriptions 
of the most charming homes in the country—not the great 
estates and show ifiaces. but the sort of places that most of us 
can look forward to building, ranging in cost from $3,000 to $20,000. 
The illustrations, of which there are more than thi'ee hundred 
both of the exteriors of houses and their garden settings, and of 
the pnncipal rooms inside, are all from photographs of houses 
already built, repnxluoed in superb half-tone engravings, with 
line drawings of the flexor i>lans. 
The carefully selected contents include country homes, seashore 
cottages, alluring bungalows, inexpensively remodeled farmhouses, 
etc. All the desirihle a”chitectural styles are represented; 
Colonial, English. Ha'f-timber, Sifucco, Cement. Dutch Colonial 
(the gambrel roof type). Swiss Chalet, etc. Chapters written by 
authorities cover all sides of the fascinating problem of house¬ 
building. interior deooi-ation and furnishing. The relations be¬ 
tween the home-builder and his architect, the matter of plans, 
specifications, contracts, the puzzling problem of extras and how to avoid them—all these 
subjects are clarified in a most comprehensive and interesting u-ay. Throughout the text 
are many pages of pictures illustrating constructive, decorative and furnishing details—en¬ 
trance doorways, hay windows, outside shutters, chimneys, stairways, dormer windows, 
built-in china-cupboards, consistently furnished interioi-s, porches—all grouped so that the 
reader may. at a glance, compare all the best types. 
"Distinctive Homes of Moderate Cost" is a sumptuous book of 10 x 131^ inches, bound 
in giay crash with tasteful decoration. Printed on Plate Paper with over 300 illustrations. 
Net $2 postage 25o 
By HENRY H. SAYLOR 
[ERE at last is a. book that covei-s in the most practical and 
cmnpreheiLsive way the whole subject of bungalow building 
and furnishing, with a profusion of i)ictnres of successful 
bungalows and tlieir interior arrangements, "nie antlior. an archi¬ 
tect himself, points out the advantages of the bungalow type of 
house and shows how it has been applied to fit American needs. 
'J’he matters of planning and building materials are thoroughly 
covered: the subject of interior finish is also taken up. together 
with schemes for furnishing that are in harmony with tire informal 
and comfortable charaf'ter of the building. The fire-place, too, 
ahvays an important feature, is thoroughly disc\issed. as well as 
such essential features in the completion of a successful bungalow 
as w'ater snitply and draiiiage. 
The pictures and plans in which the book abounds are of tire 
various types of bungalow's—those adapted for all-the-year-aronnd 
occupancy, for summer homes, mountain camps, and the seashore. 
The many sitperb pictures forming the illustrative features are of 
bungalows that have actually been built, and are the work of lead¬ 
ing architects in various parts of the country. They have been carefully selected, so as to 
prove of the greatest value to the prospective builder of this fascinating type of moderate 
priced house. Cloth , 8 VO, $1,50 net; postage 20c 
Inexpensive Homes of Individuality 
T he i^rosvpective builder can find no more adequate or valuable 
assistant in determining the style, construction and decora¬ 
tion of his home than this book, "Inexpensive Homes of 
Individuality." It contains plans and photographs of houses, 
moderate in size and of greatest architectural merit and is Lill 
of just such sugge.stions as the man about to build will appreci¬ 
ate. It offers an opportunity to study in detail some of the best 
homes in the country, of many different styles and varying in cost 
from $2,000 to $8,000. 
Mr. Prank Miles Day, past president of the American Institute 
of Architects, has written the introduction on the "Choice of a 
Style for the Countiy or Suburban Home." Within the sixty- 
fpur pages there are over one hundred aud twenty-five illustra¬ 
tions and plans of interiors and exteriors of houses that have 
actually been built. Tliese are made doubly illuminating by in¬ 
formation pertinent to cost, location and detail of construction, 
rrinted on coated paper and bound in an attractive art cover. 
Price 25c postpaid* De Luxe Edition 75c 
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