Books on Horticulture, Agriculture, and Kindred Subjects 
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). 
Profusely illustrated. 96 pages. $1.10. 
Aquarium, The Modern (Innes). Packed 
with practical information. $1.00. 
Book of 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 
greenhouse 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 photo¬ 
graphs 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 
Gardener’s (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.(X). 
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 prac¬ 
tical manual on soils, propagation, water¬ 
ing, and general care of house plants. 
Illustrated; 160 pages. $1.50. 
Plant Breedins, Propasating, 
Pruning, Etc. 
Greenhouses, Their Construction 
(Wright). 286pages. $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. 
Pianning and Planting the Home Gar¬ 
den (Murray). $3.50. 
Farm and Garden 
Alfalfa (Coburn). A complete work. 164 
pages. $1.10. 
Around the Year in the Garden (Rock¬ 
well). Gives a complete outline of the 
year’s work in the garden. 350 pages. 
$3.00. 
Asparagus (Hexamer). Very comprehen¬ 
sive. 174 pages. $1.10. 
Cauliflower and Broccoli Culture (Bou¬ 
quet). 128 pages. $1.25. 
Clovers and How to Grow Them (Shaw). 
337 pages. $2.00. 
Farm and Garden Rule Book (Bailey). 
Useful information for farmers, fruit¬ 
growers, truck gardeners, florists, etc. 
Full of useful information. 587 pages. 
$3.00. 
Farmer’s Cyclopedia of Agriculture (Wil¬ 
cox and Smith). A compendium of science 
and practice on farm, orchard and garden 
crops, including farm animals. 640 pages. 
$4.50. 
Garden Guide. New. The amateur’s 
garden handbook. 576 pages; 300 illus¬ 
trations. $2.00. 
Manual of Gardening (Bailey). A practi¬ 
cal guide to the making of home-grounds 
and the growing of flowers, fruits, and 
vegetables. 539 pages. $3.00. 
Mushrooms, How to Grow Them (Fal¬ 
coner). 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 (Thoms). 
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 Gardening (Watts). 511 pages. 
$2.50. 
Weeds of the Farm and Garden (Pam- 
mel). 300 pages. $2.00. 
Fruits and Fruit Culture 
American Fruits (Fraser). Their propaga¬ 
tion, 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 of the Wild (Pellet). A book of ab¬ 
sorbing 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 
(Dryden). 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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