BOOKS FOR BETTER GARDENS 
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American Rock Gardens. Stephen F. 
Hamblin. One of the foremost authorities 
on this popular topic. 128 pages, $1.25. 
Around the Year in the Garden. F. F. 
Rockwell gives a program for tlie whole 
year; 350 pages. $2.50. 
Azaieas and Cameiiias. By H. H. Hume. 
Culture fully explained in detail. $1.50. 
Book of Bulbs. F. F. Rockwell describes 
fall and summer flowering bulbs; 264 pages. 
$ 2 . 00 . 
Color and Succession of Bioom in the 
Fiower Border. By Ortloff and Raymore. 
$2.50. 
Commercial Floriculture. Fritz Bahr. 
Revised and enlarged, 1938 edition; 646 
pages. $5.50. 
Daffodils. F. F. Rockwell describes their 
appreciation, use, and culture. $3.50. 
Daylilies. Dr. A. B. Stout. Complete in¬ 
formation on the culture of Hemerocallis. 
114 pages. Illustrated in color and half¬ 
tones. $3.00. 
Fertilizers. E. B. Voorhees (Revised). Pre¬ 
sents usable plans for fertilizing flowers, 
lawns, garden and field crops; 310 pages. 
$2.50. 
Garden Guide. By 28 authors—all expert 
on their subject. Solves every problem that 
confronts the amateur gardener, from the 
laying out of his home grounds to the plant¬ 
ing and upkeep of his flower, vegetable and 
fruit garden, his lawns, trees, shrubs, bulbs, 
water gardens, rock gardens, foundation 
planting etc., and finally, the canning and 
preserving of the harvest. 576 pages. $2.00. 
Garden Fiowers in Coiors. 
G. A. Stevens. All the com¬ 
monly grown garden flowers in 
natural colors. Aids in your 
color scheme; 400 pictures, 
320 pages. $2.00. 
Garden Lilies. By Isabella 
Preston, a specialist on Lilies. 
Ulus., 128 pages, $1.25. 
Garden Notebook. Alfred Putz. 
Illustrated handbook of indoor 
and outdoor gardening for each 
week of the year; 52 working 
drawings. $1.50. 
Garden Poois. Large and 
small; designed, planted and 
cared for. By Ramsey & 
Lawrence. 41 illustrations; 
122 pages. $2.50. 
Gardening in the Green¬ 
house. By Anne Dorrance. 
Fully describes a fascinating 
subject. $1.50. 
1001 Garden Questions Answered. By 
Hottes. A complete manual for the ama¬ 
teur gardener. $2.00. 
Giadioius. F. F. Rockwell treats them from 
bulblets to flowers. 79 pages. $1.25. 
Hortus. A concise dictionary of gardening. 
By L. H. and E. Z. Bailey. Easy to use, 
accurate and non-technical. Answers every 
question about gardening, flowers, fruits 
and vegetables; common names used; bo¬ 
tanical names defined. 652 pages. $5.00. 
How to Arrange Flowers. Dorothy Biddle. 
Tells how to make beautiful and appropri¬ 
ate arrangements. 96 pages. $1.00. 
How to Grow Delphiniums. A book by 
Leon 11. Leonian. 96 pages. $1.00. 
How to Grow Annual Flowers. A book by 
Victor H. Ries. 96 pages. $1.00. 
How to Grow Roses. Pyle, McFarland and 
Stevens (three greatest grow,ers) give prac¬ 
tical information on Rose growing. $2.00. 
Landscaping the Home Grounds. L. W. 
Ramsey explicitly illustrates how to de¬ 
velop your home grounds. $2.00. 
Lawns. Rockwell suggests how to start a 
lawn, fertilize it and maintain it. 87 pages. 
$1.25. 
Lilacs in My Garden. Alice Harding. An 
excellent book on Lilac culture. $1.50. 
Manual of Gardening. L. H. Bailey treats 
drainage, cultivation, fertilization, propa¬ 
gation, planting, pruning and landscaping. 
539 pages. $3.00. 
Modern Dahlia Culture. W. H. Waite. 
Brief, clear, and complete text. Ulus. 134 
pages. $1.50. 
Mushrooms: How to Grow Them. Wm. 
Falconer. Complete treatise on the sub¬ 
ject. Ulus. 170 pages. $1.75. 
Nut Growing. R. T. Morris. Revised edi¬ 
tion on this interesting topic. 33 illustra¬ 
tions, 219 pages. $2.75. 
Ornamental Dwarf Fruit Trees. E. 
Abjornson. The writer is a skilled grower. 
66 pages; illus. $1.00. 
Peonies. Rockwell. Illustrated with photos 
and drawings. 96 pages. $1.25. 
Perennial Gardens. Ortloff shows how to 
prepare, cultivate, transplant, and propa¬ 
gate a garden. 90 pages. $1.25. 
Practical Carnation Culture. T. A. 
Weston. Excellent information for the 
grower. 54 illustrations; 224 pages. $2.00. 
Practical Violet Culture. Nelson Coon. A 
small hand-book on this dainty plant. 128 
pages, 33 illustrations. 75c. 
Principles of Flower Arrangement. E. A. 
White. Freely illustrated in color and 
halftones. 200 pages. $3.00. 
Pruning Manual. L. H. Bailey tells when 
and how to prune properly; 400 pages. 
$2.50. 
Principles of Fruit Growing. L. H. Bailey 
Practical information; 432 pages. $2.50. 
Rock Garden and Alpine Plants. By H. 
Correvon. Fully descriptive and iliustrated. 
560 pages. $3.00. 
Rock Garden Primer. A. Thornton. Amply 
illustrated in color and halftones. 152 
pages. $2.00. 
Roof Gardening. Ida Mellen. Beautifully 
illustrated book on this fascinating subject. 
116 pages. $1.00. 
Small-Fruit Culture. Shoemaker. Plant¬ 
ing, pruning, marketing Grapes, Currants 
and Berries (Blue, Black, Cran, Dew, 
Goose, Logan, Rasp and Strawberries). 
434 pages. $3.50. 
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. 
Edited by L. H. Bailey. This is the one 
universal and invaluable authority on 
every horticultural question; 3,637 pages; 
3 volumes, fabrikoid binding, 5,000 illus¬ 
trations. Per set, $15.00. 
The Book of Trees. By Hottes. An all- 
around handbook on trees. 448 pages. $3.50. 
The Complete Book of Gardening. By 
Barron. 656 pages, 231 illustrations. $2.35. 
The Garden Encyclopedia. Completely 
filled with practical gardening information. 
1,400 pages; 750 illustrations. $3.65. 
The Home Vegetable Garden. By E. M. 
Freeman. Full of practical details. $1.75. 
The I ris. John C. Wister. History, Develop¬ 
ment and Culture of Iris. Illustrations. 
128 pages. $1.25. 
The Window Garden. B. R. Buxton. Deals 
with the complete culture of house plants. 
160 pages. $1.50. 
Tuberous-Rooted Begonias—and Their 
Culture. By George Otten. The only book 
devoted to this subject. $1.25. 
Weeds. By W. C. Muenscher. Identifica¬ 
tion, habit, control described. 551 pages, 
123 illustrations. $6.00. 
Wild Flowers. Homer D. House. The new¬ 
est and most complete text on this subject. 
364 color illustrations, 626 pages. $3.95. 
INDEX 
Introduction. 1 
Lawn Grass Seeds .2 to 4 
Individual Grasses and Clovers. 5 
Flower Novelties .6 to 9 
Flower Seeds {alphabetically listed ).... 10 to 30 
Vegetable Novelties.31 
Vegetable Seeds {alphabetically listed )..' i 2 to 42 
Farm Seeds ...43 
Summer Flowering Bulbs .44 to 45 
Gladiolus .45 to 46 
Hardy Garden Lilies .47 
Dahlias .48 to 49 
Perennial Plants .50 to 57 
Hardy Vines .57 
Roses .58 to 59 
Greenhouse and Decorative Plants .60 
Fruits, Dwarf-Trained and Small.61 
NutTrees, Hybrid .61 
Tools .62 to 68 
Insecticides and Fungicides .69 to 70 
Fertilizers. 71 
Books .72 
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