Garden and Horticultural Books 
Books add greatly to the pleasures of gardening and are of inestimable aid to success with plants. We endeavor 
to keep the most complete stock of Horticultural Books in the West, and have many titles not listed here. 

NEW BOOKS | 
HORTUS the Second 
By L. H. Bailey 
Published April 22, 1941, completely revised 
and enlarged. 778 pages. Comes closer than any 
other single volume to answering every question 
about gardening. Includes every group of plants 
known to be cultivated in the United States and 
Canada, with brief but complete botanical de- 
scription and cOmmon names, notes on culture, 
uses, hardiness, propagation, preferred soil, color, 
identification, etc. Every serious gardener or 
gardening student needs this great new book. 
$12.00. 
STANDARDIZED PLANT NAMES 
Compiled by American Joint Committee on 
Horticultural Nomenclature, a new edition of the 
book published in 1923. Completely authorita- 
tive and comprehensive, giving standardized 
scientific names and common names of plants 
in American commerce. To be published in May. 
$7.00. 
PRACTICAL GREENHOUSE CULTURE. By T. H. 
Everett. Complete guide to growing plants in 
greenhouse. Discusses construction, heating, ven- 
tilation, tools, control of disease and plant propa- 
gation. To be published May 20. $3.50. 
NEW CREATIONS IN PLANT LIFE. By W. S. 
Harwood. Story of the life and work of Luther 
Burbank, famous plant wizard. $2.50. 
PLANTS IN THE HOME. By Frank A Balthis. 
This book won a $1000.00 prize garden book 
competition. $2.50. 
BOOK OF GARDEN FLOWERS. By Margaret 
McKenny. Illustrated by Edith F. Johnston, with 
33 full page color plates beautifully lithographed 
in eight colors. $2.00. 
BOOK OF WILD FLOWERS. A companion book 
to the above. $2.00. 
WHO’S ZOO IN THE GARDEN. By Jean-Marie 
Putnam and Charles Palmer. The same authors 
who wrote Gardening For Fun give you this inter- 
esting new garden book. $1.50. 
MODERN ROSES II. By J. Horace McFarland. 
A handy reference giving correct name of each 
variety and species of rose, the originator or in- 
troducer, when and where it was introduced, its 
family, class, color, form, fragrance, foliage and 
growth. It tells the facts about 4,833 roses. 
$5.00. 
AUDUBON GUIDE TO ATTRACTING BIRDS. 
By John H. Baker. A practical source of help to 
all who respond to the presence of birds about 
their homes, and seek the answer on how to at- 
tract them and conserve their numbers. Gives 
lists of plants attractive to birds. Publication date 
May 2d. 268 pages. $2.50. 
SUNSET GARDEN BOOK. $1.00. 
SUNSET VISUAL GARDEN BOOK. $1.00. 
AZALEAS AND CAMELLIAS. By H. H. Hume. 
Explains every point about serene both of these 
lovely flowering shrubs. Applicable to every re- 
8780 whether grown outdoors or in. 90 pages. 
ANOTHER GARDEN NOTEBOOK. By Alfred 
Putz. A handbook of home gardening for each 
week of the year. Gives clear, concise, direct ad- 
vice. Companion to The Garden Notebook, but 
each book is complete in itself. 212 pages. $1.50. 
COLOR AND SUCCESSION OF BLOOM IN THE 
FLOWER BORDER. By Ortloff and Raymore. A 
clear and vivid explanation of how the best color 
effects are achieved, with lists of plants arranged 
according to time of bloom, height, color, soil 
requirements, and geographic distribution. 256 
pages. $2.50. 
CHECK LISTS FOR SUBTROPICAL REGIONS. 
By Roland S. Hoyt. Valuable for California are 
the numerous lists and classifications of ornamen- 
tal woody plants. Gives many classifications of 
types of plants, for particular purposes, structural 
form, cultural aspects, purpose, adaptation, or- 
namental characters, distinctive qualities for land- 
scape effects, planting to and much other 
FROM A SUNSET GARDEN. By Sydney B. Mit- 
chell. A fascinating record of lifetime experi- 
ences in a California Garden. 337 pages. $2.00. 
GARDEN BEAUTIFUL IN CALIFORNIA. By 
Ernest Braunton. A new book by one of Southern 
California’s outstanding authorities. More than 
200 pages giving information on every angle of 
ornamental gardening, as well as plant life. An- 
swers your garden problems. $1.75. 
GARDENING FOR FUN. By Jean-Marie Con- 
signy and Charles Palmer. A charmingly written 
garden book for Southern California, that is con- 
sistently one of our best sellers. It has just one 
purpose,—to tell you ‘most everything you need 
to know, fully to enjoy that private world which 
is your garden. 249 pages. $2.50. 
GARDENING IN CALIFORNIA. By Sydney B. 
Mitchell. The standard work for California gar- 
den makers. 323 pages. $2.50. 
GARDEN BULBS IN COLOR. By McFariand, 
Hatton and Foley. 275 color plates illustrate a 
great number of varieties of bulbs. Also 100 
beautiful halftones and cultural directions. 296 
pages. Formerly $3.50. Now $1.98. 
GARDEN IN COLOR. By Louise Beebe Wilder. 
Combines one of the most readable texts with 
320 reproductions of natural color photographs— 
garden flowers, flower beds, and arrangements at 
every season of the year. Formerly $7.50. Now 
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GARDEN FLOWERS IN COLOR. By G. A. 
Stevens. Shows all the important garden flowers 
in accurately colored photographs. Gives descrip- 
tions and cultural notes. Valuable whenever you 
plant, plan a color scheme, or combine plants in 
bed or border arrangements. Useful for identify- 
ing plants. 400 photographs in full color, 320 
pages. Formerly $3.75. Now $1.98. 
THE GARDEN NOTEBOOK. By Alfred Putz. 
Arranged ay weeks, text and drawings show con- 
cisely just how to perform the garden operations 
met in the average home. 212 pages. $1.50. 
MANUAL OF TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL 
FRUITS. By Wilson Popenoe. Descriptions, cul- 
tural practices, propagation, lists of varieties, on 
Avocado, Mango, Papaya, Guava, and rare tropi- 
cal fruits. Gives experiences with them in Cali- 
fornia as well as tropical countries. $4.50. 
NEW ILLUSTRATED GARDEN ENCYCLOPEDIA. 
By Richard Suddell. One of the most complete 
and enlightening garden books. Its description 
and authentic directions are especially valuable 
to home gardeners. 896 pages. $3.75. 
PRUNING MANUAL. By L. H. Bailey. A text- 
book of pruning information, valuable to the pro- 
Soo as well as amateur gardener. 400 pages. 
RHODODENDRONS AND AZALEAS. By Clem- 
ent G. Bowers. A masterpiece of horticultural 
literature, giving the whole sum of practical in- 
formation of all species of Rhododendrons and 
Azaleas. 526 pages, 8 by 10 inches. $10.00. 
information. 383 pages. 
THE STANDARD CYCLOPEDIA OF 
HORTICULTURE 
Edited by L. H. BAILEY. This is the one uni- 
versal and invaluable authority on every horticul- 
tural question. Makes a compact but thorough 
presentation of the kinds, characteristics, and 
methods of cultivation of the plants grown in the 
United States and Canada for ornament, for 
fancy, for fruit, and for vegetables. A new three- 
volume edition identical in contents and _illustra- 
tions with previous edition which sells for $25. 
24 color plates; 96 full-page half-tone_ illustra- 
tions; 4000 illustrations throughout the text; 
3,637 pages; durable, dark-green buckram. $15.00. 
WORLD WAS MY GARDEN. By David Fairchild. 
More than an autobiography of this noted plant 
explorer, the story of Dr. Fairchild’s life is as 
good as a novel; fascinating to anyone whether 
interested in plant life or not. 494 pages, with 
127 pages of photographic illustrations covering 
the entire garden of the world. $3.75. 
ROSES OF THE WORLD, IN COLOR. By J. 
Horace McFarland. A beautifully illustrated 296 
page book, with descriptions, history, and results 
of years of experience with Roses. $3.75. 
ROSE MANUAL. ey, J. H. Nichols. An encyclo- 
pedic work covering the entire Rose field, for both 
amateurs and professionals. 335 pages. $2.50. 
OTHER TITLES 
AMERICAN ORCHID CULTURE. Prof. E. A. 
White. $5.00. 
CACTUS BOOK. A. D. Houghton. $2.25 
CITRUS FRUITS. J. E. Coit. $3.50. 
CULTIVATION OF CITRUS FRUITS. H. H. Hume. 
$5.00. 
COMPLETE BOOK OF GARDENING. Leonard Bar- 
ron. $1.98. 
DESIGN IN FLOWER ARRANGEMENT. 
D. N. Arms. $2.75. 
FLOWERING SHRUBS OF CALIFORNIA. 
Rowntree. $3.00. 
GARDEN OF GOURDS. L. H. Bailey. $2.50. 
GARDEN POOLS. $2.50. 
GARDEN MAINTENANCE. H. S. Ortloff. $2.50. 
GARDENING WITH HERBS. Helen M. Fox. $2.50. 
GARDEN DICTIONARY. Norman Taylor. $7.50. 
es VEGETABLE GARDEN. E. M. Freeman. 
J. T. and 
Lester 
Ramsey and Lawrence. 
LANDSCAPING THE HOME GROUNDS. L. W. 
Ramsey. $2.00. 
MODERN DAHLIAS. J. Lewis Roberts. $2.00. 
EO. LIVING ROOM. Ramsey and Lawrence. 
PATIO GARDENS. Helen M. Fox. $2.50. 
rN WORLD IN FLORIDA. Dr. H. Nehrling. 
PLANT PROPAGATION, 999 Questions A ed. 
Alfred C. Hottes. $2.00. g won sais 
PERENNIAL GARDENS. H. Stuart Ortloff. $1.25. 
TUBEROUS ROOTED BEGONIAS AND THEIR CUL- 
TURE. George Otten. $1.25. 
TROPICAL GARDENS. Kuck and Tongg. $3.00. 
WHAT HAPPENS IN MY GARDEN. Louise Beebe 
Wilder. Delightful book, formerly $3.00, for a 
limited time only, $1.00. 
WILDFLOWERS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 
Thurston. $4.00. 
108 Oooo ANSWERED. Alfred C. Hottes. 
Books Mailed Postpaid anywhere in the United States. Please add 3% Sales Tax if to be sent within California. Books are ideal gifts for 
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friends who like to garden. 
