HOUSE AND GARDEN 
May, 1911 
An Indispensable Book 
for every Garden-Maker 
The Garden Primer 
By Grace Tabor and Gardner Teall 
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|]J The Garden Primer, as its title indicates, is 
a hand-book of practical gardening informa¬ 
tion for the beginner, covering every branch of 
the subject, from preparing the soil to the gather¬ 
ing of the fruit and flowers. In it is set forth, 
without any confusing technicalities, just the in¬ 
formation that will enable the amateur to grasp 
quickly the essentials of garden-making. The 
authors, in preparing this book, have drawn from 
their long experience, and in writing it assume 
on the part of the reader no knowledge of the 
subject, in order that it may be of the greatest 
value to the beginner. There has been great 
need of a book of this kind, yet, so far as we 
know, no volume has ever been published that 
treats the subject in this charmingly simple way. 
While dealing with first principles this volume has 
an equal interest for the advanced gardner, who 
will find much of value in the experiences of the 
authors, and in a fresh presentation of a subject 
which always abounds in new methods and dis¬ 
coveries. 
ATI Every branch of gardening is treated in a delight- 
ul fully practical way — the growing of vegetables 
and flowers, the use of fertilizers, pruning, culti¬ 
vating, spraying and the thousand-and-one things 
that every successful garden-maker needs to know. 
A profusion of illustrations, many of them of the 
most practical sort in explaining the various gar¬ 
den operations, make the text especially clear. 
AIT The matter is supplemented by carefully pre- 
ul pared planting tables, an invaluable guide to 
the beginner in gardening. 
The Garden Primer is a beautiful i2mo volume 
with many half-tone illustrations. Bound in dark 
green cloth, tastefully decorated. $1. net; postage 6c. 
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