BOOKS YOU SHOULD HAVE 
Below are some books that everyone having a garden should own. I can 
take your order and have them sent direct from the Publisher. 
I can secure for you any book on any garden subject. SEND FOR COMPLETE 
CATALOG. Add 10 cents per book for postage. 
Gladiolus, by F.F.Rockwell. Recommended as “the best brief guide on gladiolus 
growing.” It tells how to plant, fertilize, and cultivate; how to grow from seed or 
bulblets; how to harvest and cure; how to handle for cut flowers; and every other 
detail needed for success with this popular flower. 45 illustrations, 79 pages. $1.25 
Gladiolus Breeding, by J. A. Kemp. A trustworthy guide of 12 pages for the 
experimenter in the successful breeding of gladiolus. The various operations are 
described in plain, everyday garden language. Postpaid, $ .55 
The Home Garden Handbooks, by F. F. Rockwell. A series of pocket-size 
books, now nine in number, that it is a pleasure for us to recommend because each 
volume covers its ground so well and concisely. Use them when your seeds or plants 
arrive; they will show you how to prepare the soil, plant the seed, or transplant. 
Carry them out to the garden when you cultivate, prune and fertilize, they will 
save you many steps and help you avoid disappointments. Each volume has from 
30 to 70 illustrations and contains about 90 pages. Strong cloth binding, four- 
color jackets. Price, $1.25 per volume. The titles now published are: 
Rock Gardens Gladiolus Evergreens 
Dahlias Roses Shrubs 
Irises Peonies Lawns 
WAYSIDE MARKETING 
The author of “Wayside Marketing,” Schuyler Arnold, after several years of 
observation and much study on the subject, has written a book that is packed 
with worthwhile suggestions enabling the wayside stand owner to better marshall 
his opportunities, abilities and equipment. 
Every angle of the situation is covered—location, building of the stand, details 
of measurement, stock to be offered (flowers, fruits and vegetables) and how 
to grow it, etc. 
132 pages, bound in cloth, in an attractive jacket. $1.00; postpaid, $1.10. 
How to Arrange Flowers, by Dorothy Biddle. A very fine book by a real 
artist. Explains how to arrange your flowers artistically. Postpaid, $1.10 
1001 Garden Questions and Answers, by Alfred C. Hottes. A wonderfully 
fine book with a wealth of information covering flower, vegetable and fruit garden. 
Arranged in the form of questions and answers. This is not to be read for literary 
effect but to secure a quick answer to any definite question. If there is anything you 
want to know about the garden, what plants do well in certain places and what do 
not, construction of walks, garden seats, spraying information, judging scales, etc. 
be sure to get this book. I don’t know of a better book for the amateur. 320 pages, 
fully illustrated. A new edition that has been 50% revised. Postpaid, $2.15 
All About Flowering Bulbs, by T. A. Weston. Written especially for the 
amateur. This book gives all the information a home gardener requires on the 
culture of flowering bulbs of all seasons planted outdoors as well as those that do 
well in the house. This is a very fine book and gives a wonderful amount of in¬ 
formation on the subject. Postpaid, $2.15 
The Book of Bulbs, by F. F. Rockwell. With this complete and practical 
book you can get the utmost in beauty from every kind of bulbous plant. Clearly 
written by one who knows; illustrated with 187 beautiful photographs and in¬ 
structive drawings. Includes tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, lilies, crocuses, glads, 
dahlias, peonies, irises, begonias, and scores of other beautiful but not-so-well 
known bulbs. We recommend it as the best and most complete bulb book. 187 
illus., 265 pages. $2.50 
