In the Little Book Room of the Herb House: 
Books that May Be Purchased from 
Its Shelves. By a Visit or Through the Mail. 
A well-chosen collection of the most most interesting and helpful books 
for Herb Gardens and for General Gardening. New books, fresh from 
the publisher, as well as many of those favorite volumes we have long 
depended on for garden information and inspiration. Then, too, there 
are those books, no matter whether they may be novels, essays or poetry, 
which bring to us so poignantly the spirit of gardens or the atmosphere 
of the countryside. Such writings, for example, as those of Mary Webb. 
For what could be more suggestive of the subtle charm of an old herb 
garden than those paragraphs in “Armour Wherein He Trusted”: “the 
litel grey garden” hanging on the castle wall, “all blended and folded 
in a mist.” Lavender, Rosemary and Thyme, “all grey of leaf” and 
the musky White Rose, Violets and May-lilies within the shelter of the 
grey wall. And we have an undercurrent of music of the country itself 
even though it might be “a very sad song with pine-trees in it, rasping 
needle on needle, and cone on cone. .. ” There are also included, among 
the books, certain titles, long out of print, which are fun to discover after 
long searching. All books are priced at the publisher’s List Price except 
those volumes now rare or imported. 
Almanac for Moderns. By Donald Culross Peattie. Putnam. $3.00. 
Armour Wherein He Trusted. By Mary Webb. Dutton. $2.50. 
Artist’s Herbal. Bv Louise Mansfield. Macmillan. $2.50. 
Beginners Garden. By Mrs. Francis King. Scribners. $2.00. 
Book of Hours. Bv Donald Culross Peattie. Putnam. $2.50. 
Charm of Gardens. By Dion Clayton Calthorp. Black, London. $3.50. 
Children and Gardens. By Gertrude Jekyll. Edition of 1908. Country 
Life Press, London. $8.00. 
Chronicles of the Garden. By Mrs. Francis King. Scribner’s. $3.00. 
Color and Succession of Bloom in Flower Border. Bv H. S. Ortloff and 
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H. B. Raymore. Doubleday, Doran. $2.50. 
Country Kitchen. By Della T. Lutes. Little, Brown Co. $1.75. 
Country Matters. By Claire Leighton. .Just published, Macmillan. $3.00. 
Culinary Herbs and Condiments. By Mrs. Grieve. Harcourt, Brace & 
Co. $2.00. 
Design in Flower Arrangement. By John Taylor Arms and Dorothy 
Noyes Arms. Macmillan. $2.75. 
Design of Small Properties. By M. E. Bottomlev. Macmillan. $2.50. 
English Flower Garden. By William Robinson. John Murray, London. $7.50. 
English Flower Garden.. By William Robinson. Cover slightly torn. 
John Murray, London. $4.00. 
English Physitian: Nicholas Culpepper. Selections, with wood cuts. De 
la More Press, London. $1.00. 
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