De La Mare Garden Books 

1001 GARDEN QUESTIONS ANSWERED 
By Alfred C. Hottes 
330 pages. 116 Illus. $2.00 
A complete manual for the amateur gardener, 
presented in question and answer form. Thor- 
oughly indexed so that a ready answer may be 
found to any of the many questions confronting 
the amateur wishing to plan and manage his 
own home grounds. 
THE BOOK OF TREES 
By Alfred C. Hottes 
448 pages. 200 illus. $3.50 
An all-around handbook for the tree lover and 
tree planter. There are chapters on trees im- 
portant in American history, on favorite tree 
poems, on street trees, on roadside trees, on nut 
trees, etc. Transplanting, pruning and propaga- 
tion are covered and a variety of helpful lists 
for various purposes are given. 
GARDEN GUIDE 
By 28 Authorities 
576 pages. Over 300 Illus. $2.00 
One of the most practical and informative Gar- 
den Books ever published for the average home 
owner. Every phase of gardening in connection 
with the home grounds is covered—from the lo- 
cation of the house to the final reaping of the 
gardener’s reward in perfect flowers, fruits, 
vegetables, a fine lawn, shrubs and trees. Its 
pages also include every related subject the gar- 
dener should be informed upon: insects, diseases, 
bees, birds, fish, etc. 
PLANT PROPAGATION 
By Alfred C. Hottes 
238 pages. 136 illus. $2.00 
All amateurs have an intense desire to multiply 
desirable plants. In this book the whole subject 
is covered, whether seeds, buds, bulbs, grafts or 
cuttings are discussed. 
De La Mare Garden Books are practi- 
cal, concise and authentic gardening 
in horticultural 
aids. Specialization 
printing and publication of a horticul- 
tural trade paper for over fifty years 
provides a staff well trained in this 
work and offers an excellent selection 
of horticultural writers of proven ability 
and recognized merit from acquaint- 
ances in the horticultural world. 

AMERICAN ORCHID CULTURE 
By Prof. Edward A. White 
260 pages. 110 illus. 14 color plates. $5.00 
An authentic book on orchid culture for ama- 
teurs and professionals. Many years of obser- 
vation,. wide travel, actual growing experience 
and much association with orchid growers, both 
here and abroad, are back of this work. 
PRACTICAL LAWN CARE 
By Mortimer G. Merritt 
32 pages lus. 75c. 
Gives all the essential information for making a 
new lawn or the renovation of an old one, plus 
ways and means for keeping lawns in good con- 
dition, 
COMMON SENSE in the ROCK GARDEN 
By James H. Bissland 
218 pages. 62 illus. $2.50 
Written by a practical man for practical people. 
It stresses simplicity in design and construction 
and shows how to select and arrange plant ma- 
terial for the most telling effect; how to build 
and plant for permanency. 

