Books on Horticulture, Agriculture, and 
Here is a selection of books that is thoroughly 
up to date, practical, and comprehensive. 
Written by authors of national reputation— 
outstanding men who figure prominently in the 
various phases of garden and farm work. These 
books will show you how to raise bigger and 
better crops—better your condition—increase 
your efficiency—add to your income. Read and 
make your reading count. 
Flowers and Ornamental Plants 
Annuals, The Book of (Hottes). 180 pages. 
$1.50. 
Annual Flowers, How to Grow (Ries). Pro¬ 
fusely illustrated. 96 pages. $l.lO. 
Aquarium, The Modern (Innes). Packed 
with practical information. $1.00. 
Book off Bulbs (Rockwell). A complete treatise 
on the growing of bulbs, for both fall and 
spring planting. 264 pages. $2.50. 
Bulbs, Spring Flowering (Thayer). 128 pages. 
$1 25 
Cactus Culture (Schulz). 186 pages. $2.00. 
Carnation Culture, Practical (Weston). 224 
pages. $2.00. 
Chrysanthemum and Its Culture, The 
(White). $2.00. 
Climbing Plants, A Little Book of (Hottes). 
250 pages. $2.00. 
Commercial Floriculture (Bahr). 616 pages. 
$5.50. 
Commercial Flower Forcing (Laurie and 
Chadwick). The fundamentals and their 
practical application to the culture of green¬ 
house crops. 519 pages. $4.00. 
Dahlia, The (Peacock). A practical treatise on 
this popular flower. 128 pages. $1.25. 
Dahlias (Rockwell). Their culture, etc. 85 
pages. $1.25. 
Delphiniums, How to Grow (Leonian). 96 
pages. $1.10. 
Everybody's Garden (Waugh). The How, the 
Why, and especially the Wherefore of the 
Home Garden. 300 pages. $3.50. 
Four Seasons in Your Garden (Wister). A 
very comprehensive work. $2.50. 
Garden Bulbs in Color (McFarland, Hatton, 
and Foley). 275 color pictures; halftones; 
292 pages. Practical, brief cultural notes. 
$3.50. 
Garden Flowers in Color (Stevens). A picture 
cyclopedia of flowers. 400 photographs in 
color; 320 pages. $2.00. 
Garden Lilies (Preston). Preparation of the 
soil, planting the bulbs, and general care. 
128 pages. $1.25. 
Gladiolus, The (Beal). A practical treatise. 
128 pages. $1.25. 
Home Floriculture (Rexford). A practical 
guide. $1.75. 
Iris, The (Wister). A treatise on its history, 
development, and culture. 128 pages. $1.25. 
Perennial Flowers, How to Grow (Ries). 
96 pages. $1.10. 
Perennial Gardens (Ortloff). 88 pages. $1.25. 
Pronouncing Dictionary, The Home Gar¬ 
deners (Hottes). 96 pages. 50c. 
Rock Gardens, American (Hamblin). 128 
pages. $1.25. 
Rock Gardens (Rockwell). 86 pages. $1.25. 
Roof Gardening (Ida Mellen). A beautifully 
illustrated book on this fascinating subject. 
116 pages. $1.00. 
Roses and Their Culture (Hubbard). 128 
pages. $1.25. 
Roses, How to Grow (Pyle, McFarland, 
Stevens). 210 pages. $1.00. 
Violet Culture, Practical (Coon). 128 pages. 
75c. 
Water Gardens and Gold Fish (Sawyer, 
Perkins). 272 pages. $2.00. 
Window Garden, The (Buxton). A practical 
manual on soils, propagation, watering, and 
general care of house plants. Illustrated; 
160 pages. $1.50. 
Plant Breeding, Propagating, 
Pruning, Etc. 
Greenhouses, Their Construction (Wright). 
286 pages. $2.00. 
Handbook of Plants and General Horti¬ 
culture (Henderson). A dictionary of plants. 
526 pages. $3.50. 
Plant Propagation (Hottes). 999 questions 
answered. 228 pages. $2.00. 
Principles and Practice of Pruning (Kains). 
425 pages. $2.50. 
Pruning Manual, The (Bailey). 400 pages. 
$3.00. 
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 
(Bailey). Three volumes. 3637 pages. $15.00. 
Landscape Gardening, Etc. 
Evergreens, Hardy (Schrepfer). 128 pages. 
$1.25. 
Shrubs, Hardy (Waugh). Everything about 
shrubs. $1.25. 
Landscape Gardening, Book of (Waugh). 
250 pages. $2.00. 
Lawn, The (Dickinson). The culture of turf in 
park, golfing and home areas. 128 pages. 
$1.25. 
Our Trees, How to Know Them (Weed and 
Emerson). 295 pages. $2.75. 
Planning and Planting the Home Garden 
(Murray). $3.50. 
Farm and Garden 
Alfalfa (Coburn). A complete work. 164 pages. 
$1.10. 
Around the Year in the Garden (Rockwell). 
Gives a complete outline of the year’s work 
in the garden. 350 pages. $3.00. 
Asparagus (Hexamer). Very comprehensive. 
174 pages. $1.10. 
Cauliflower and Broccoli Culture (Bouquet). 
128 pages. $1.25. 
Clovers and How to Grow Them (Shaw). 
337 pages. $2.00. 
Culinary Herbs (Kains). Their cultivation, 
harvesting, curing, and uses. 143 pages. $1.00. 
Kindred Subjects 
Farm and Garden Rule Book (Bailey). Useful 
information for farmers, fruit-growers, truck 
gardeners, florists, etc. Full of useful infor¬ 
mation. 587 pages. $3.00. 
Farmers Cyclopedia of Agriculture (Wilcox 
and Smith). A compendium of science and 
practice on farm, orchard and garden crops, 
including farm animals. 640 pages. $4.50. 
Fertilizers, Handbook of (Gustafson). 128 
pages. $1.75. 
Garden Guide. (New.) The amateur’s garden 
hand-book. 576 pages; 300 illustrations. $2.00. 
Manual of Gardening (Bailey). A practical 
guide to the making of home-grounds and the 
growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables. 
539 pages. $3.00. 
Mushrooms, How to Grow Them (Falconer). 
170 pages. $1.75. 
Potato Production, Principles of (Nixon). 
128 pages. $1.25. 
Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement 
(Agee). $1.25. 
Roadside Marketing (Watts). 128 pages. 
$1.25. 
Soil Fertility, Maintenance of (Thorns). 
349 pages. $3.00. 
Spraying Crops (Weed). 140 pages. $1.10. 
Starting Early Vegetables and Flowering 
Plants Under Glass (Nissley). Revised 
edition. 350 pages. $3.25. 
Sweet Potato Production and Handling 
(Thompson). $1.25. 
1001 Garden Questions Answered (Hottes). 
Covers flowers, fruits and vegetables. 328 
pages. $2.00. 
Tomato Culture (Tracy). 150 pages. $1.10. 
Vegetable Forcing (Watts). 400 pages. $3.00. 
Vegetable Gardening (Watts). 511 pages. 
$2.50. 
Weeds of the Farm and Garden (Pammel). 
300 pages. $2.00. 
Fruits and Fruit Culture 
American Fruits (Fraser). Their propagation, 
cultivation, harvesting, etc. 916 pages. $4.75. 
Bush Fruit Production (Van Meter). 128 
pages. $1.25. 
Grape Culturist (Fuller). 282 pages. $2.00. 
Poultry, Bees, Birds, Etc. 
A, B, C and X, Y, Z, of Beekeeping. $2.50. 
Beekeeping, First Lessons on (Dadant). 
167 pages. $1.00. 
Birds off the Wild (Pellet). A book of absorbing 
interest to the bird-lover. 128 pages. $1.00. 
Canary Birds (Burkett). 64 pages. 80c. 
Dogs, Our (Harbison). 350 pages. $2.50. 
Ducks and Geese (Lamon and Slocum). 262 
pages. $2.00. 
Poultry Breeding and Management (Dry- 
den). 416 pages. $2.00. 
Rabbits for Food and Fur (Ashbrook). 212 
pages. $2.00. 
Squabs for Profit (Rice and Cox). 150 pages. 
$ 1 . 10 . 
Turkey Production (Cline). 454 pages. $3.50. 
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