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 CAT- 
ALOG. All books are postpaid. 
Around the Year in the Garden, by F. F. Rockwell. This book will help you be more 
efficient. It is arranged in 52 chapters, each telling what to do in the garden every week of 
the year. It covers the vegetable garden, flower garden, roses, shrubs, berries, fruit trees, 
insects and diseases, vegetables for winter, pruning, and all other garden operations. 88 illus- 
trations; 350 pages; 514 x 734 inches. $3.00 
The Gladiolus by Forman T. McLean. A new book just published last year. Most up to 
date and complete book on gladiolus, at the present time. Nearly 200 pages. Price, $2.00 
The Home Garden Handbooks, by F. F. Rockwell. A series of pocket-size books, now 
seven 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: 
Gladiolus Peonies Evergreens Lawns 
WAYSIDE MARKETING 
The author of ‘“Wayside Marketing,” Schuyler Arnold, after several years of observa- 
tion and much study on the subject, has written a book that is packed with worthwhile sug- 
gestions 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 meas- 
urement, stock to be offered (flowers, fruits and vegetables) and: how to grow it, etc. 
132 pages, bound in cloth, in an attractive jacket; postpaid, $1.10 
Flower Arrangement, by F. F. Rockwell and Esther Grayson. Probably the most prac- 
tical book on the subject for the use of the gardener and homemaker, this book furnishes an 
account of the principles of design, and offers line drawings and photographs of prize ar- 
rangements to clarify and illustrate these principles. 33 half-tones; 199 pages;5144x 814 Boe 
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, spray- 
ing information, judging scales, etc., be sure to get this book. 
This book has been fully revised, many additions made and a lot more pictures. There 
are now 386 pages. It is the finest and most informative garden book I know of for the 
amateur. Prepaid $2.60 
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 information 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 instructive 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 illustrations, 265 pages. $3.00 
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