GARDEN BOOKS 
The new garden books are of great service to the gardener; they not only tell him what 
he wants to know about his garden, but also increase his interest in it. As a convenience to 
our many friends, we have available the books listed below, which cover practically every 
phase of gardening, of interest to the home owner. 
Principles of Flower Arrangement 
By Professor Ed. S. White 
Considered the "Hoyle of flower arrangement" in its present 
and third edition, this well written volume discusses the new lines 
of thought in floral arrangement and is freely illustrated with 
half-tones made by outstanding floral arrangers. 
The Art of Home Landscape 
By B. M. Bottomley 
These practical principles of landscape 
design are so written that an amateur 
can understand them. The book tells you 
how to plant the front of the house and 
how to develop the yard and garden. It 
contains everything you need to know of 
home landscape. 
Garden Guide 
By 28 specialists 
Written especially for the amateur, this book contains just about 
everything you can think of in connection with gardening. 576 
pages; 300 illustrations. 
1001 Questions Answered 
By A. C. Hottes 
This complete manual in question and answer, forms a quick way 
of solving all your garden problems. 330 pages; 103 illustrations. 
Practical Pest Control 
By H. C. Tweedale 
This book is an easily understood and readily accessable source 
of information on pests and their control. It is written for the 
commercial grower as well as the amateur. 30 pages; 7 illustra¬ 
tions. 
The Book of Annuals 
By A. C. Hottes 
This is one of the most useful manuals 
dealing with the annual flower, telling you 
how to buy and plant seeds, how to make 
annuals bloom and including lists that 
give height, color and time of bloom. 180 
pages; 158 illustrations. 
Flowers of the Wild 
Ey F. C. Pellett 
This is a valuable and informative book on wild flower cultiva¬ 
tion. 170 pages. 
Birds of the Wild 
By F. C. Pellett 
The author has filled this book with interesting incidents and 
information concerning birds. It is of special interest to those who 
wish to attract birds into their gardens. 74 illustrations taken 
from photographs. 
The Garden Encyclopedia 
Edited by E. L. D. Seymour 
Written by a group of horticultural experts, this book is more 
complete, more detailed, more understandable, more useable than 
any other garden book ever prepared. A new kind of book, giv¬ 
ing all the information a gardener needs to know. 1400 pages; 
750 illustrations; 250 paragraphs. 
The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 
By L. H. Bailey 
Long termed "Brittanica of Horticulture," this encyclopedia is 
one of the most authoritative and complete works available in 
its field. It has been recently reissued—3,639 pages; 24 full color 
plates; 96 photographs; 4000 other illustrations. 3 volumes. 
Hortus: A Concise Dictionary of Gardening 
By Dr. L. H. Bailey 
This book comes nearer answering every single garden question 
than any other work. It is valuable for identifying plants. Revised 
in 1935; 755 pages; 35 illustrations. 
The Book of Trees 
By A. C. Hottes 
The author has written this book to give the tree lover and tree 
planter an all-round hand book. Under each genus is given 
pronunciation, description, propagation, care, culture, uses, 
species. 448 pages; 200 illustrations. 
The Book of Shrubs 
By A. C. Hottes 
This mine of information, third and thoroughly revised edition 
appeals to every home owner, plantsman, student and landscaoe 
architect. It is valuable for learning the pronunciation, descrip¬ 
tion, propagation, care, culture, uses, and species of shrubs grown 
in the United States. 448 pages; 190 illustrations. 
Rose Gcn-den Primer 
By Eber Holmes 
Helpful to both the beginner and advanced 
amateur, this book contains straightfor¬ 
ward, instructive, and interesting informa¬ 
tion about rose growing for the new 
enthusiast. 
Rock Garden Primer 
By Archie Thornton 
Of all the books written on the subject, this is one of the best. 
It gives complete information on building, planting, and maintain¬ 
ing rock gardens down to the minutest points. 152 pages; 70 
illustrations; 4 color plates. 
Success With House Plants 
By J. L. Kift and K. B. Hedenberg 
This book tells you about hundreds of plants that can be success¬ 
fully grown indoors and is an answer to all the questions a 
grower of house plants might ask. 80 pages; 29 half tones. 
!\11 About Flowering Bulbs 
}y T. A. Weston 
*U1 you need to know of some 80 bulb families is contained in 
his book. 184 pages; 68 illustrations. 
'he Book of Perennials 
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By A. C. Hottes 
The author wrote this book for all ama¬ 
teurs interested in perennials. It includes 
full information on the principles of grow¬ 
ing, using, selecting, and propagating 
perennials and numerous useful lists of 
perennials for different purposes. 280 
pages; 103 illustrations. 
Ornamental Dwarf Fruit Trees 
By E. Abjornson 
The long-known and widely practiced European art of training 
and pruning espaliers, cordons and other forms, beautiful in 
bloom and bearing, and everlastingly interesting, is explained 
in this book. 66 pages; 25 sketches. 
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