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All About Flowering Bulbs. T. A. Weston. 
186 pages. $2. 
American Orchid Culture. Prof. E. A. 
White. For the commercial grower and 
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72 illustrations. Cloth, $5, 
America’s Garden Book. L. and J. Bush- 
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| Chrysanthemum and Its Culture. E. A. 
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Color and Succession of Bloom in the 
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| A general review of the florist business. 
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I Complete Garden. A. D. Taylor. 440 
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| Edible Wild Plants. O. P. Medsger. The 
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Encyclopedia of Gardening. 
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Evergreens for the Small Place. F. F. 
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Fertilizers and Crop Production. Van 
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Fertilizers for Greenhouse and Garden 
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Five Acres and Independence. M. G. 
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Garden Bulbs in Color. McFarland, 
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Garden Guide. By 28 Specialists. This 
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Gardening in the Shade. H. K. Morse. 
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Gardening with Herbs for Flavor and 
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Grow Your Own Fruit. M. G. Kains. 
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Herbs and Herb Gardening. Eleanour S. 
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Herbs, How to Grow Them and How to 
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Hortus Second. Bailey and Bailey. Con- 
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Complete record ef the plants and cul- 
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How to Landscape Your Grounds. L. R. 
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How to Grow Roses. McFarland and Pyle. 
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1001 Garden Questions Answered. A. C. 
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Just Weeds. E.R. Spencer. Popular book 
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Lilies for American Gardens. George L. 
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Little Book of Climbing Plants. A. C. 
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Magic Gardens: A Modern Chronicle of 
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Modern Dahlia Culture. W. H. Waite. 
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Modern Mushroom Culture. J. F. Styer. 
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Our Shade Trees. Ephraim Porter Felt. A 
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Our Trees, How to Know Them. A. J. 
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Plants in the Home. F. K. Balthis. A 
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Practical Encyclopedia of Gardening. 
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Practical Vegetable Culture. Albert E. 
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Principles of Flower Arrangement. E. A. 
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Propagation of Plants. M. G. Kains and 
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Pruning Manual. L.H. Bailey. 400 pages; 
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Rock-Garden Primer. A. Thornton. $2. 
Rock-Gardens. Louise Beebe Wilder. 294 
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Roses. F. F. Rockwell. 88 pages. $1.25. 
Soilless Culture—Simplified. Alex Laurie. 
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Spraying, Dusting and Fumigating of 
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. 
L. H. Bailey. Authority on every horti- 
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Starting Early Vegetables and Flowers 
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Success with House Plants. Kift and 
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Tuberous-rooted Begonias. George Otten. 
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Visual Garden Manual. Elsa Uppman. 
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Water Gardens and Goldfish. Sawyer & 
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Winter Flowers in the Sun-heated Pit. 
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