ROCK GARDENS. By F. F. Rockwell. 31 illus.; 86 pages; 
5 x l/z inches. $1.25. 
Brief, clear descriptions and numerous drawings show just 
how you can build a rock garden yourself, on a large or small 
scale and at small cost. The book describes the types of rock 
gardens, tells what soils, climates, and locations are best, how 
to construct, and what to plant. 
Gardening and Maintenance 
THE FRAGRANT PATH. By Louise Beebe Wilder. Frontis¬ 
piece; 407 pages; 5% x 9'/j. inches. $3.00. 
Every garden lover will .be delighted with this enticing book 
on sweet-scented flowers and leaves. 
GLADIOLUS. By F. F. Rockwell. 45 illus.; 79 pages; 5 x iy 2 
inches. $1.25. 
Recommended as “the best brief guide on gladiolus growing.” 
It tells how to plant, fertilize, and cultivate; how to handle for 
cut flowers; and every other detail needed for success with this 
popular flower. 
DAHLIAS. By F. F. Rockwell. 65 illus.; 80 pages; 5 x 7 / 2 inches. 
$1.25. 
Learn to know the different types of dahlias and their uses in 
your garden, how to plant and grow them, what fertilizers to use, 
how to control pests, how to harvest and store the tubers, grow 
for exhibition, and how to propagate and hybridize. Brief and 
practical. 
CALIFORNIA GARDENS. By Winfred Starr Dobyns. 210 
illus.; 224 pages; 8 % x IV /4 inches. $2.00. 
Decide now what you want for your own place! Arranged 
according to the predominating feature of each photograph, are 
shown: pools, fountains and cascades; formal and naturalistic 
gardens, rock and wall gardens; patio and pergolas; doorways, 
gateways, steps and balconies; and vistas, well-heads, potted 
plants, and sculpture. 
HORTUS: A CONCISE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING. By 
Dr. L. H. Bailey and Ethel Zoe Bailey. 35 illus.; 755 pages; 
6 % x 10 inches. $5.00. 
The completion of a new 1935 revised edition, considerably 
expanded, makes “Hortus” more than ever “the one indispens¬ 
able garden book” for every gardener and grower in America. 
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 north of the Rio Grande, with brief 
but complete information on their uses, cultivation, hardiness, 
propagation, preferred soil, identification, etc. Common names 
are used throughout, all botanical terms are defined, and the 
book is so conveniently arranged and compressed that it is 
marvelously easy to use. 
The nomenclature used throughout “Hortus” is the accepted 
form in America. 
HOW TO GROW ROSES. By Robert Pyle, J. Horace McFarland 
and G. A. Stevens. 138 illus. (45 color); 211 pages; 5 l / 2 x 8 
inches. $2.00. 
Every step in the successful growing of roses is made clear 
in this “how-to-do-it” book. 
Here you will find concise and pi'actical advice on how to use 
roses in the garden and around the home. 
“Every owner of a garden will find an answer to every ques¬ 
tion that comes up.”—E. G. Hill. 
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