Books add greatly to the pleasures of gardening, and are of inestimable aid 
gardening library now. 
CARDENINC ENCYCLOPEDIA 
The new illustrated by RICHARD SUDDELL. 
1152 Pages, many illustrations. Modern informa- 
tion in simple and detailed form on countless 
garden subjects, particularly adapted to the ama¬ 
teur. No gardener whether novice or professional 
can fail to find much of interest and value here. 
$3.75. 
THE CARDEN NOTEBOOK 
By ALFRED PUTZ. Arranged by weeks in the 
year, text and drawings show briefly, but com¬ 
pletely just how to perform the gardening oper¬ 
ations met in the average home. 212 pages. $1.50. 
ANOTHER CARDEN NOTEBOOK 
By ALFRED PUTZ. A hand book of home gar¬ 
dening for each week of the year, indoors and out. 
Both books give expert, clear, concise, direct ad¬ 
vice for garden operation. Each book is complete 
in itself, and a practical guide to the home gar¬ 
dener. 212 pages. $1.50. 
HOUSE PLANTS 
Modern Care and Culture, By MARJORIE 
NORELL SULZER. This book will be a delightful 
discovery for the person who desires an oppor¬ 
tunity to garden indoors. 160 pages. $1.50. 
GARDENING IN CALIFORNIA 
By SYDNEY B. MITCHELL. The standard work 
for California garden makers. A mine of informa¬ 
tion on garden planning and care, with specific 
information on Western plant materials. 323 
pages. $2.50. 
FROM A SUNSET CARDEN 
By SYDNEY B. MITCHELL. A fascinating record 
of experiences in Mr. Mitchell's own garden; all 
about banks and slopes, perennials, flowering 
bulbs, rock plants, annuals for the lazy gardener; 
illustrated with photographs. 337 pages. $2.00. 
WESTERN WILDFLOWERS AND THEIR 
STORIES 
By CHARLES FRANCIS SAUNDERS. "Skillfully 
blended fact and folklore, botany and history, in¬ 
to a pleasant account of California plants and the 
men who discovered and named them".— 
American Botanist. 57 photographs, 320 pages. 
$3.00. 
RHODODENDRONS AND AZALEAS 
By CLEMENT G. BOWERS. Here is the whole 
sum of practical information on the subject of 
rhododendrons and azaleas—in a book that has 
been called a masterpiece of horticultural litera¬ 
ture. It is fittingly illustrated with beautiful full- 
color plates, 28 in number, and 83 illustrations in 
black and white. Dr. Bowers has covered all the 
known species of these plants, both of the West¬ 
ern and Eastern hemispheres, as well as the hy¬ 
brids that have been developed. More than 900 
species and 2000 varieties are treated in the text. 
Up-to-date, complete, and dependable are Dr. 
Bowers' chapters on the propagation, hybridiza¬ 
tion, transplanting, soil preparation, nutrition, 
and care of these plants. 526 pages 8x10 inches 
$ 10 . 00 . 
THE STANDARD CYCLOPEDIA OF 
HORTICULTURE 
Edited by L. H. BAILEY. This is the one uni¬ 
versal and invaluable authority on every horticul¬ 
tural question. Makes a compact but thorough 
presentation of the kinds, characteristics, and 
methods of cultivation of the plants grown in the 
United States and Canada for ornament, for 
fancy, for fruit, and for vegetables. A hew three- 
volume edition identical in contents and illustra¬ 
tions with previous edition which sells for $25. 
24 color plates; 96 full-page half-tone illustra¬ 
tions; 4000 illustrations throughout the text; 
3,637 pages; durable, dark-green buckram. $15.00. 
THE PRUNINC MANUAL 
By L. H. BAILEY. Instructions on just how and 
when to prune trees, shrubs, and vines. Explains 
the physical structure of plants, their habits of 
growth, methods of flower and fruit bearing and 
how pruning can be fitted intelligently to these. 
381 illustrations, 400 pages. $2.50. 
CARDENINC INDOORS 
By F. F. ROCKWELL and ESTHER GRAYSON. 
Changed methods of heating and ventilating 
houses have brought about many new conditions 
and possibilities for house plants. The new in¬ 
door gardening is the subject of this book, which 
considers many types of plant materials such as: 
Flowering Plants, Foliage Plants, Shrubs, Vines, 
Ferns, Palms, Cacti and Succulents, Bulbs, and 
Plants for Miniature Gardens and Terrariums. 
$2.50. 
HORTUS: A CONCISE DICTIONARY OF 
CARDENINC 
By L. H. and ETHEL Z. BAILEY. Easy to use, 
accurate, and non-technical, this great book comes 
closer than any other single volume to answering 
every question about gardening. It includes every 
kind of ornamental, fruit, and vegetable plant 
grown today with brief but complete informa¬ 
tion on their uses, cultivation, hardiness, propaga¬ 
tion, preferred soil, color, identification, etc. 
Common names are used throughout, all botanical 
terms are defined, and the book is so convenient¬ 
ly easy to handle. 35 illus., 652 pages. $5.00. 
DAFFODILS 
Their Appreciation, Use, and Culture. 
By F. F. ROCKWELL This book will speed the 
growing interest in these lovely flowers in Cali¬ 
fornia. Since the older books on daffodils have 
been written, these popular flowers have been 
revolutionized by the hybridists. Mr. Rockwell, 
who is Secretary of the American Daffodil So¬ 
ciety, and who has had experience in growing 
daffodils both as an amateur and while in charge 
of large-scale commercial production, provides a 
thorough book on the present-day daffodils and 
their cultivation. $3.00 
THE TROPICAL CARDEN 
By LORAINE E. KUCK and RICHARD C. 
TONGG. To horticulturists who have had exten¬ 
sive experience in gardening in Hawaii offer a 
useful book on tropical gardening landscaping 
with all kinds of plants. Included in the book 
are chapters on Dry Gardens and Patios for the 
Hot Climate, Tropical Water and Rock Gardens, 
Beach and Mountain Gardens, Lawns, Trees, 
Palms, Tropical Fruits, Shrubs, Vines, Succulents, 
Exotics, Ferns, and Annuals and Perennials in the 
Tropics. 361 pages, 46 illustrations, cloth. $3.00. 
CARDEN MAINTENANCE 
By H. STUART ORTLOFF and HENRY B. RAY- 
MORE. Every one who has a garden wants con¬ 
stantly to know how to care for it—how to prune, 
fertilize, spray, and care for flowers, trees, shrubs, 
and lawns. This is a book to answer all such 
questions, and to bring success to established 
gardens as well as to those newly planned and 
planted. It is written for the home owner who 
already has a lawn and garden space; it does not 
presuppose a new garden or the complete rear¬ 
rangement of existing plantings. Illustrated with 
photographs and drawings, frontispiece in color. 
Cloth, 8vo. $2.50. 
GLADIOLUS 
By F. F. ROCKWELL. Recommended as "the 
best brief guide on gladiolus growing." It tells 
how to plant, fertilize, and cultivate; how to 
grow from seed or bulblets; how to harvest and 
cure; and how to handle for cut flowers. 45 il¬ 
lustrations, 79 pages. $1.25. 
to success with plants. Start your 
HARDY CALIFORNIANS 
By LESTER ROWNTREE. The greatly admired 
plants of California are presented in this book 
in text and pictures. Large photographs, 100 of 
them, illustrate the book. The author is a well- 
know landscape architect and authority on na¬ 
tive California flowers whose contributions to 
garden magazines are well known in the United 
States and in England. $3.50. 
CLIMBING ROSES 
By G. A. STEVENS. The easiest roses to grow 
are the climbers. This book, a companion to the 
well-known "How to Grow Roses," tells what 
climbers are, describes how they may best be 
grown anywhere in America and discusses suitable 
varieties for all uses. 
It presents not only the varieties known to 
commerce but also the undeveloped strains in 
which development may be expected. Mr. Stevens 
is Secretary of the American Rose Society. 200 
pages, 31 color plates, 32 half-tones. $2.00. 
ROSES 
By F. F. ROCKWELL. Tells just what the be¬ 
ginner or average flower lover can do with roses. 
With complete directions for rose care and cul¬ 
ture, planting, propagation, protection from in¬ 
sects and diseases. 74 illus., 88 pages. $1.25. 
HOW TO GROW ROSES 
By ROBERT PYLE and others. Every step in the 
successful growing of roses is made clear in this 
"how to do it" book. It gives practical advice 
on how to use roses in the garden and around 
the home, how to buy them, locate the beds, 
prepare the ground, plant, label, care for in sum¬ 
mer, fight pests, protect in winter, prune, and 
select types and varieties. 138 illus. (45 in color), 
211 pages. $2.00. 
AZALEAS AND CAMELLIAS 
By H. H. HUME. Every point about growing 
both of these shrubs is carefully explained here 
—soils, time and method of planting, cultivation, 
mulching, pruning, frost protection, feeding, pot 
and tub culture, pests and diseases, and propa¬ 
gation. This information holds good for every 
region where either shrub is grown, indoors or 
outdoors. 14 illus., 90 pages. $1.50. 
THE PLANT WORLD IN FLORIDA 
By the late DR. HENRY NEHRLING, Edited by 
Alfred and Elizabeth Kay. For forty-three years 
this painstaking German horticulturist gardened in 
Florida and kept records of his experience. From 
his notebooks the editors gleaned descriptions 
and cultivation notes on 154 trees, 120 shrubs, 
219 palms, and numerous flowers, plants, and 
vines. 304 pages, 27 illustrations. $3.50. 
IRISES 
By F. F. ROCKWELL. A handy guide which 
will bring you success with irises and show new 
uses and effects possible in your garden. De¬ 
scribes the dwarf, early, German, Japanese, Sibe¬ 
rian, water, crested, Spanish, English, Dutch, and 
other types; tells how to plant and how to propa¬ 
gate stock for your own use. 54 illustrations, 80 
pages. $1.25. 
OTHER TITLES 
CULTIVATION OF CITRUS FRUITS. H. H. 
Hume. $3.50. 
BOOK OF BULBS. Rockwell. $2.00. 
GARDENING WITH HERBS FOR FLAVOR AND 
FRAGRANCE. Helen M. Fox. $2.50. 
PATIO GARDENS. Helen M. Fox. $2.50. 
HOW PLANTS GET THEIR NAMES. Dr. L. H. 
Bailey. $2.25. 
HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN. E. M. Freeman. 
$1.75. 
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