GARDEN REFERENCE BOOKS 
Bailey’s Cyclopedia of Horticulture. This 3-vol. set of over 3,600 pages describes 
almost every cultivated plant and has a wealth of culture information. On Orchids alone 
this work is most valuable for its descriptions and culture instructions for almost every 
orchid in cultivation. The same is true for all types of bulbs, plants, shrubs, or trees. Price 
$45.00. It is the most monumental work in any language on the entire field of Horticul- 
ture. It is an ideal gift for a plant lover. 
Hortus Second (Bailey). A concise Dictionary of Gardening. This 778-page volume 
lists and describes nearly every plant offered in catalogs, and some that are not in the 
Cyclopedia of Hort. It contains only a few culture hints. Both works should be in every 
garden library. Price $12.50. 
All books are subject to price changes, without notice, by the publishers. In the 
case that prices again rise on any book listed here we will notify the customer. The 
customer may then accept or cancel order. 
A Southern Garden, by Elizabeth Lawrence, a handbook for the Middle South. A 
most useful handbook for all gardeners, north or south. Bulbs and all garden plants. 251 
pages. Price, $3.00. 
Enjoy Your House Plants. Excellent handbook of window gardening by Dorothy 
Jenkins and Helen Van Pelt Wilson. 238 pages. Price, $3.00. 
American Orchid Culture. Edward A. White. This is a complete handbook of 
American Orchid Culture for both commercial and amateur growers. Most interesting 
accounts of Orchid hunting trips, in many lands, are related. 14 beautiful color plates and 
many other illustrations. A beautiful, interesting, useful book. 276 pages, $6.00. - 
Greenhouse Gardening For Everyone. Ernest Chabot. Important factors are noted, 
including correct temperatures for forcing plants, bulbs, and orchids. 266 pages, $4.00. If 
you have a greenhouse, this is a necessity. 
How To Grow Rare Greenhouse Plants. A new book on greenhouse gardening by 
Ernest Chabot. Complete directions for greenhouse culture of 260 rare plants. Being 
non-professional or amateur, Mr. Chabot knows best an amateur’s problems and how 
to advise him. Everyone having a greenhouse should have both books. 182 pages. Illus- 
trated. $4.00. 
Geraniums, Pelargoniums, by Helen Van Pelt Wilson. 248 pages, 7 color plates, 
many drawings and illustrations. Best book on this subject. $3.95. 
Gloxinias, And How To Grow Them, by Peggy Schulz. The author is co-editor of 
The Gloxinian and a prolific magazine writer on a great variety of house plants. She 
bases advice on long experience. This is the only book on this subject and every grower 
should have it. I have only one criticism. This attractive young woman with the 
earnest look, should use her photograph as a frontispiece instead of placing it on the 
inside back cover. Well illustrated by colored plates and line drawings. Many Gloxinia 
relatives discussed, 128 pages. $2.95. 
Tuberous Begonias, by Worth Brown. Mr. Brown is one of our most important 
hybridizers and wholesale growers. His book is a complete guide for the successful 
growing and propagation, outdoors or as house plants. 128 pages, illustrated. $2.75. 
Bulbs For Beauty. Charles H. Mueller. 296 pages, illustrated. Experienced, gardeners 
will gain new information about bulb culture from this book. Price, $3.50. 
How To Grow Orchids. By Cecil Houdyshel. A 12-page pamphlet, no illustrations, 
carefully explains requirements of easily grown orchids. Price, 25c. 
How to Grow Cattleya Orchids and a few others is told briefly in our 1949 Orchid 
Price List. The listings are now all cancelled. Price, 15c. 
The Complete Book of African Violets. By Helen Van Pelt Wilson. This is completely 
new and gives best information on hundreds of varieties. 29 Saintpaulias are shown in 
full color. 256 pages, fully illustrated. $2.95. 
How To Grow African Violets. By Carolyn Rector. 94 pages, paper-board covers. 
Illustrated. How to pollinate, hybridize, grow from seed or leaf cuttings, prepare soils, 
control pests and diseases, groom plants for show, etc., by a real grower. $1.35. 
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