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RECOMMENDED 
GARDEN BOOKS 
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HARRY E. SAIER 
Dimondale, Michigan. 
LILIES IN THEIR HOMES. $3.50 
By Alice C. Maxwell. Mrs. Maxwell 
first takes in turn the various areas of the 
world where lilies are to be found, treat- 
ing in detajl the native lilies of each re- 
gion. The secnd part of her book deals 
with the practical aspect of lily growing, 
methods of propagation, hybridizing and 
diseases. A list is given describing over 
150 lilies, species and varieties now in 
cultivation and the main strains of hybrids 
pages of photographs, also line drawings. 
DAFFODILS FOR AMATEURS. $1.50 
By M. J. Jefferson-Brown. Cr. 8vo, 4 pp. 
plates, 96 pgs. This book is especially 
written for amateurs in Daffodil growing 
and describes the cultivation with advice 
on all those varieties which should give 
good results in the majority of gardens 
and which present no cultural difficulties. 
THE PROPAGATION OF PLANTS $3.50 
By E. J. King. 8vo., illus. How to pro- 
pagate every familiar garden plant and 
also many that are rare and unusual. Tha 
directions given should enable the amat- 
eur to be successful even with specieg 
supposed to be difficult. Proffessional ' 
propagators and nurserymen will also find 
the working direction they require. Par- 
agraphs in the text are numbered to make 
cross references easy and there is also a 
full index. 3rd. edition. 
VIOLETS for GARDEN and MARKET $2.25 
79 pp., 13 pp. plates (5 in color) 8vo, 
cloth. (1950) New, in dust wrapper. 
A delightful little book covering the cul- 
ture of Violets. Mrs. Zambra writes as 
an expert as she and her husband have 
grown Violets commercially for many 
years. The last chapter is of interest to 
those looking for old fashioned recipes. 
She tellls how to make Violet syrup, honey 
of Violets, conserve of Violets and many 
other recipes. — 
ROSES IN COLOR & CULTIVATION. $5.00 
T. C. Mansfield. 261 pp. of text, 80 color 
plates. 37 figures. Cr. 8vo, cloth, (1947) 
London, New, in dust wrappers. 
This book lists most of the roses now 
in cultivation (to 1947). Many are pict- 
ured in color. There are cultural notes, 
and long lists and descriptions of the 
varieties. 
CACTUS GROWING FOR BEGINNERS. 
V. Higgins and H. T. Marrable. 84 pp. 12 
pp. plates., 12mo, boards. London (1947) 
New. $1.00 
Clear concise directions for raising cact- 
us indoors in pots for beginners. 
A.B.C. of ROCK GARDEN and POOL $1.50 
Shewell-Cooper. 204 pp. illus. London 
1949. Quite comprehensive for its size, this 
book lists many plants usable for rock 
gardens and for pools. Gives cultural hints 
and tells you how to construct rock gard- 
ens and pools. 
PROPAGATION of HARDY TREES an 
SHRUBS. $1.75 
G. M. Taylor. 107 pp. 8 pp plates, Oxford, 
1947. 
A book designed to meet the needs of 
the amateur. Tells how to make cuttings, 
layers, grafting, etc. What shrubs and 
trees can be propagated from seed and 
how best to treat the seed in order to 
obtain the best results 
AUSTRALIAN WILD FLOWERS 75¢ 
National Handbook 9; 32 pp. 23 illus. (16 
in full color). Melbourne, 1944. Gives 
notes on garden cultivation and identifi- 
cation lists of 106 wild flowers. 
‘THE GARDEN FRAME. 
POPULAR ORCHID GROWING. $1.75 
This is of special interest to the amateur 
Orchid grower and covers the growing of 
these flowers completely. A more com- 
plete description will be given in the next 
book listing. 
PLANTS OF HAWAII NATIONAL PARK 
By Otto Degener,Naturalist of Hawaii. 
A book of human interest emphasizing 
the culture of the ancient Hawaiians. As 
many of the plants growing in Hawaii 
gfow lixewise in other islands of the Pac- 
ific and as many of the ancient Hawaiian 
customs are like the customs of present 
inhabitants of other Pacific Islands, this 
book is actually illustrative of plants and 
customs of the South Seas.. 333 pgs.,pro- 
fusely illustrated with 101 full-page plates 
and 39 figs; paper cover. $2.50 
NATURALIST’S SOUTH PACIFIC EX- 
PEDITION. Otto Degener. 
A narrative based on the writer’s stay 
of eight months in the Fiji Islands as a 
member of the Anna Archbold ‘‘Cheng 
Ho” Expedition, illustrated with photo- 
graphs. $5.00 
THE GARDEN OF PLEASANT FLOWERS. 
E. G. Wheelwright. 190 pp., 7 pp. plates, 
12mo, cloth. London (1948). $1.75 
Mrs. Wheelwright takes us through the 
English garden at it’s best. A charming- 
ly written book, with intimate accounts 
of the plants in the garden. Very good 
garden advice, especially on unusual plants. 
AZALEAS and CAMELLIAS $1.73 
H. H. Hume. 86 pp.. of text, colored 
frontis, 6 pp. plates. 12 mo. cloth. New 
York, 1946. 
This is an older book by Mr. Hume, 
who has now written seperate books on 
Azaleas and Camellias. However, for those 
who do not wish to specialize. but who 
are looking for general cultural inform- 
aon this little volumn can be of great 
value. 
$3.50 
CORSAGE CRAFT. 
G. Reusch and M. Noble. 148 pp. pro- 
fusely illus. 8vo, cloth. New York, 1951. 
For those who wish to learn the fund- 
amentals of corsage making, this book 
is ideal. Complete pictured instructions 
are given, plus many pictures of completed 
corsages to give one inspiration in design- 
ing corsages of one’s own. 
HORTICULTURAL COLOR CHART. $10.00 
This is the Horticultural Color Chart 
published jointly by the Royal Horticul- 
Council. The individual charts in two 
cloth cases. (2 vols.) 
A B.C. of the GREENHOUSE $1.50 
Shewell-Cooper, 320 pp. 4 col. plates 
9 gravure plates; 27 line illus; 12 mo; 
cloth London, 1949. 
SEED and POTTING COMPOSTS. $1.75 
By Lawrence and Newell. Rev. 4th edit- 
ion, 160 pp., 30 figs.. 122mo., cloth. London, 
1950. New in dust wrappers. 
The authors are the developers of the 
standardized John Innes composts. Their 
book shows how those remarkable com- 
posts save time, reduce the hazards of 
raising difficult plants from seed and simp- 
lify proper potting on the seedlings or cut- 
tings to maturity. Complete formulas and 
methods of preparation are given. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY’S 
YEAR BOOKS. 
We can supply copies of the RHODO- 
DENDORN YEAR-BOOK; the DAFFODIL 
and TULIP YEAR-BOOK and the LILY 
YEAR-BOOK. (1951-52) Each _ $2.40 
It will take about six weeks for delivery. 
$1.50 
184 pp. 8 pp plates, 38 figs in text, London 
1947). ; 
How to start plants in the frame, winter- 
ing over, and all those problems connected 
with protecting plants and getting them 
started while thhe weather is still chilly. 
THE CACTUS GROWERS GUIDE. ..$1.75 
The knowledge and advice. which Mrs. 
Higgns gives in this volumn, is backed by 
20 years experience in Cactus growing. 
Besides complete cultural notes, Mrs. Hig- 
gins gives a clear account of the _relation- 
ship between various kinds of Cacti and 
Succulents and explains in simple lang- 
uage how these plants are classified. 
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A Compost Activator 
The writer has not used the various com- 
mercial activators on the market, to any 
great extent but what use has been made, I[ 
have not seen much results. I may be at 
fault in this for we use mulches in all our 
plantings and it seems to be the easiest and 
best method for our particular operation. 
However, in one of the foreign journals 
there appeared a formula, that at first, seem- 
ed to be one of the old witch medicens 
but as it has had some good testimonials 
lately we are going to give the formula as 
published. Probably some our readers with 
an urge to investigate, will try it out and 
make a report on his results. It is easily 
made. ; 
The ingredients are: Matricaria chamo- 
milla, dandelion, Valeriana officianalis, Yar- 
row, stinging nettle, oak bark and honey. 
All of these are easily secured. 
All the herbs are dried and then powder- 
ed. It is not necessary to haudle them ag 
if you were making dry herbs for the table. 
The honey, one drop, is rubbed into one 
dram (1/8 of an ounce) of sugar of milk 
and then mixed with one teaspoonful of 
each of the above herbs. It is not clear 
whether the herbs can be mixed first in 
equal parts but if so, then 6 teaspoonsful 
be used. Put about one grain (this would 
be a very small pinch) of this mixture into 
one pint of rain water and then let stand 
for 24 hours when it can be poured into 
holes made in the compost heap. 
They say it really works! 
NEW 
GERMAN PRIMULA OBCONICA 
CULTURE OF POGON IRIS 
(Oncocyclus, Regelia and Regeliocyclus) 
These directions pertain -especially to 
such varieties as Hermoine, Hebe, hoogiana, 
korolkowi, Luna, susiana. etc. 
Leave the bulb in the dry packing mat- 
erial and store in a cool place until October 
1st or later. Plant in a sunny, well drained 
location using a liberal amount of lime and 
bonemeal. Cover only three-fourths inches 
with soil and in cold climates, mulch with 
2 inches of some light material. Uncover 
in the spring and after blooming, do not 
water, and let rest. Unless your summers 
are very dry, dig and store bulbs until falk 
or cover the bulb planting with glass to 
keep off all moisture. 
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