A Selected List 

GARDENER’S HANDBOOK 
By L. H. Bailey 
This encyclopedic manual on 
almost four hundred subjects has 
special advice on such topics as 
annuals, borders, rock-gardens, 
lawns, glasshouses and control of 
insects and diseases. You will 
find essential facts of botany 
which clarify methods and means 
of plant propagation; practical 
information on the preparation 
and feeding of soils; on grading, 
drainage, mulching and winter 
care. Fully illustrated with line 
drawings which give step-by-step 
directions for growing these 
plants. $1.49. Postpaid $1.55. 
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ar in the Carden 

AROUND THE YEAR IN THE 
GARDEN, By F. F. Rockwell 
This book will help you be 
more efficient in the garden each 
month of the year. It is arranged 
in 52 chapters, each telling what 
to do in the garden every week. 
It covers the vegetable garden, 
flower garden, roses, shrubs, ber- 
ries, fruit trees, insects and dis- 
eases, vegetables for Winter, 
pruning, and all other garden 
operations. 88 illustrations. $3.00. 
Postpaid $3.06. 
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of Outstanding Books 
THE MODERN FAMILY GAR- 
DEN BOOK, By Roy E. Biles 
Gives full information on Trees, 
Shrubs, Vines, Perennials, An- 
nuals, House Plants, Rock Gar- 
dens, Roses, Fruits, Vegetables, 
ete. 160 pages, charts, diagrams 
and tables; very complete. $1.00. 
By mail $1.10. 
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GARDENING FOR GOOD 
EATING, By Helen M. Fox 
In addition to the vegetable 
usually grown by the gardener, 
you will find in this book many 
forgotten vegetables, 
grow and full of high food value 
and delicious flavor. Illustrated 
2.50. Postpaid $2.56. 

THE FOOD GARDEN 
By Laurence and Edna Blair 
For best results from your 
vegetable garden you need this 
how - to- do-it book. Attractive, 
yet practical, it contains twenty 
double-page spreads of line draw- 
ings with explanations which 
show in detail the various steps 
in the cultivation of each crop 
and the particular problems of 
each that beset the gardener. 
$2.00. Postpaid $2.06. 
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SOYBEANS: Gold From the Soil, 
By Edward Jerome Dies 
Here in a single volume is the 
historical record—from breeding, 
planting and harvesting, down to 
conversion 
dustrial products—the growing 
ot soys in the home garden. $1.75. 
Postpaid $1.78. 
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GARDEN BULBS IN ‘COLOR 
By J. H. McFarland, R. M. Hatton 
and D. J. Foley _ ; 
Now the most lavish and at the 
same time the most practical] 
book on bulbs is again available. 
In this beautiful and “unuSual 
book there are 275 photographs 
in color and 100 photographs oin 
black and white of the. familiar 
and cherished flowers grown 
from bulbs, corms and tubers, as 
well as hundreds of unusual va- 
rieties comparatively unknown to 
the home gardener. Beneath each 
photograph is a brief description 
of the plant, an account of its 
origin, suggestions for its. use in 
the home garden, and directions 
for its cultivation. 2.49. PRPost- 
paid $2.55. : 
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PEST CONTROL IN THE HOME 
GARDEN, Ey Louis Pyenson 
There’s an enormous amount of 
useful information for the war 
against plant pests in this ther- 
ough presentation of ways to 
identify and control them. Dr. 
Pyenson, a well-known entomolo- 
gist, includes the latest and most 
effective methods of-controlling 
pests of tree fruits, small fruits 
and vegetables. There is a dis- 
cussion of equipment, its use and 
care and an excellent chapter on 
sprays and powders. This book 
will enable the gardener to select 
the proper insecticide and it will 
tell him how to mix it into the 
most effective formula. There is 
also a discussion of animal pests, 
general garden pests, and the 
beneficial animals and insects. 111 
illustrations; 190 pages; 5%x8% 
inches. $2.50. Postpaid $2.56... 
