ozfc! Lf3-% Louisville Free Public Library GARDENS AND GARDENING A Selected List of Books with Annotations April 1913 GARDENS AND GARDENING, This list does not represent the entire resources of the Library. Additional material may be obtained in the Reference Room. Adams, H. S. Making a rock garden. O. S. 1912 716 Practical treatise by an enthusiast A214 on a form of garden which can be very attractive. Agar, M. Garden design in theory and O. S. practice. 1912 710 Treats of the methods of planning A261 large artistic gardens with little at- tention to horticulture. English. Albee, Mrs. H. R. Hardy plants for cot- O. S. tage gardens. 1910 716 Includes classified lists of flowers A328 arranged by color and months in which they bloom. Allerton, S. W. Practical farming. 1907 630 Treatise on present farming condi- A434 tions and how to improve them. American academy of political and so- 630 cial science. Philadelphia. Country A512 life. 1912 Symposium on the various phases of rural life. Bailey, L. H. Country life movement in 630 the United States. 1911 B155c Useful contribution to the present discussion of many problems which concern the future of our rural popu- lation. 1 Bailey, L. H., and Miller, Wilhelm. Cy- R716 clopedia of American horticulture. 6 B155 y. 1906 Sifts the literature in which scien- tific farming finds expression and em- bodies its most important and per- manent results. Bailey, L. H. Farm and garden rule- O. S. book. 1911 630 Handy reference manual for farm- B155f ers, gardeners, etc. Bailey, L. H. Garden-making. 1899 O. S. Authoritative, practical handbook 710 for amateurs; admirable on esthetic B155 side. Bailey, L, H. Manual of gardening. 1910 O. S. Practical guide to the making of 716 home grounds and the growing of B155 flowers, fruits and vegetables. Bailey, L. H. Plant-breeding. 1906 635 Simple and readable account of cur- B155p rent practice in this department of horticulture. Bailey, L. H. Principles of fruit grow- O. S. ing. 1902 634 Modern art of growing, storing and B155p marketing fruits on a large scale. Bailey, L, H. Principles of vegetable O. S. gardening. 1906 635 Includes bibliography of American B155pr books and recent experiment station publications relating to vegetable gardening. Bailey, L. H. Pruning-book. 1898 O. S. On the pruning and training of 634 plants as applied to American condi- B155 tions. Bailey, L. H. State and the farmer. 1908 630 Advanced ideas on agricultural edu- B155 cation and the position of the farmer in the community. 2 Baker, Tarkington. Yard and garden. O. S. 1908 710 General popular treatment of the B168 planting and care of trees, shrubs, plants and vines in the small grounds of a city home. Barnard, C. My ten-rod farm. O. S. 716 B259m Barnard, C. Simple flower garden. O. S. Guide for gardeners for flowers all 716 the year. B259 Barnes, P. T. House plants and how to O. S. grow them. 1909 716 Practical guide making choice of B261 plants that are “sure to succeed.” Barron, Leonard. Lawns and how to O. S. make them. 1906 712 Practical book treating all the pro- B277 cesses that go to the making and keeping of an ornamental lawn. Barron, Leonard. Roses and how to O. S. grow them. 1905 716 Writings of several expert amateur B277 rosarians, giving directions for grow- ing roses in the garden and under glass. Beach, S. A. Apples of New York. 630.6 1905 N532 Report of New York agriculture ex- 1903 periment station for the year 1903. Pt2 Beattie, W. R. Celery culture. 1907 O. S. Treatise on production of celery for 635 market and home use, including cul- B369 tivation, control of insects, etc. Bennett, I. D. Flower garden. 1903 O. S. Full, practical advice, includes lists 716 of common flowers and blooming sea- B471 sons of trees, plants and shrubs. 3 Bennett, I. D. Vegetable garden. 1908 O. S. Practical directions for the novice. 035 including chapters on fertilizers, in- B469 secticides and garden tools. Bricker, G. A. Teaching of agriculture O. S. in the high school. 1911 630.7 Analysis and formulation of the B849 aims and methods of agricultural education. Brooks, W. P. Agriculture. 3 v. 1905 O. S. V. 1 Soils; v. 2 Manures, fertil- 030 izers, etc.; v. 3 Animal husbandry in- B873 eluding breeds of live stock. Bunyard, George and Thomas, Owen. O. S. Fruit garden. 1904 634 B942 Burkett, C. W., Stevens, F. L. and Hill, O. S. D. H. Agriculture for beginners. 630 1903 B959 Burkett, C. W. Soils; their properties, O. S. improvement, management. 1907 631 Practical for use in agricultural B959 course and for the farmer. Burritt, M. C. Apple growing. 1912 O. S. Practical facts including planning, 034 planting, pruning, diseases and ren- B971 ovations of old orchards. Butterfield, K. S. Chapters in rural 630 progress. 1908 B988 Emphasizes the social aspects of rural communities and describes some of the newer movements resulting in the expansion of country life. Card, F. W. Bush-fruits. 1898 O. S. Botany, treatment, diseases and 034 specially persecuting insects of each C266 fruit fully treated. 4 Castle, R. L. Book of market garden- O. S. ing. 1906 635 Gives English methods adopted by C353 many who have made commercial gar- dening a success. Cecil, A. M. Children’s gardens. 1903 j716 Gives rudiments of gardening for C388 children and beginners of all ages. Chittenden, F. H. Insects injurious to O. S. vegetables. 1907 632 C543 Coburn, F. D. Book of alfalfa. 1906 O. S. 633 C658 Conrad, H. S. and Hus, Henri. Water O. S. lilies and how to grow them. 1907 716.2 Has chapters on making of ponds C743 and use of accessory plants. Davey, John. Tree doctor. 1907 O. S. Book of judicious advice and in- 715 struction based upon a study of trees, D248 their injuries, diseases and methods of preservation. Davidson, K. S. Gardens past and pres- O. S. ent. 1908 716 D252 Davidson, K. S. Unheated greenhouse. O. S. 1907 716.3 D252 Davis, B. M. Agricultural education in O. S. the public schools. 1912 630.7 Text-book which discusses the prob- D261 lems of education and the instru- ments that may be used in solving them. It is an introductory encyclo- pedia rather than a brief summary. s Davis, C. W. Rural school agriculture. 1907 Includes exercises for use with any text-book of agriculture or without a text-book. Dondlinger, P. T. Book of wheat. 1908 Most complete and scientific work on the subject covering every phase of the industry. IDoogue, L. J. Making a lawn. 1912 Accurate manual designed for the average householder. Dorner, H. B. Window gardening. 1908 Book of cultural directions to help the inexperienced care for plants in- telligently. Doubleday, Mrs. N. B. DeG. American flower garden. 1909 Includes planting lists. Drennan, G. T. Everblooming roses. 1912 Treats of the culture, habits and care of roses for the garden. Duggar, B. M. Fungous diseases of plants. 1909 Embraces a full discussion of the fungous diseases of cultivated and familiar plants. Duggar, J. F. Southern field crops Text-book intended for advanced high school and college use and for farmers who desire to proceed sub- stantially. Duncan, Frances. Mary’s garden and how it grew. 1909 Practical handbook of instruction for all garden makers. 6 630 D261 O. S. 633 D679 O. S. 712 D691 O. S. 716.4 D713 O. S. 716 D727 O. S. 716 D772 O. S. 581.21 D866 633 D866 j716 D911 Duncan, Frances. When mother lets us j716 garden. 1909 D911w Deals with the care of the simpler plants and flowers. Earle, F. S. Southern agriculture. 1908 O. S. 630 E12 Elliott, C. G. Practical farm drainage. O. S. 1908 631 Simple manual for the farmer. E46 Ellwanger, H. B. The rose; a treatise O. S. on the cultivation, history, family, 716 characteristics, etc., of the various E47 groups of roses. 1907 Ely, H. R. Another hardy garden book. O. S. 1905 716 Brief statement of simple methods E52 of conducting gardening operations, particularly in the small home gar- den. Ely, H. R. Practical flower garden. O. S. 1911 716 Advice on color arrangement, sue- E52p cessive crops, sod, fertilization, etc. Ely, H. R. Woman's hardy garden. 1903 O. S. Management, selection of plants and 716 their arrangement dwelt on with suf- E52w ficient fullness to make it a safe guide for amateurs. Farthing, F. H. Saturday in my garden. O. S. 1911 716 Practical guide to the cultivation of F247 small gardens with hints on care and management. Fernow, B. E. Care of trees in lawn, O. S. street and park. 1910 715 Lessons in practical tree conserva- F366 tion. 7 Fish, D. S. Book of the winter garden. O. S. 1906 716 F532 Fletcher, S. W. How to make a fruit O. S. garden. 1906 634 Definite and practical information F615 for amateurs, fruit growers and gar- deners. Fletcher, $. W. Soils, how to handle O. S. and improve them. 1907 631 Popular treatment dealing with the F615 nature and management of soils for students and farmers. French, Allen. Book of vegetables and O. S. garden herbs. 1907 635 Practical handbook with planting F873 table. French, Allen. How to grow vegetables O. S. and garden herbs. 1911 635 Practical handbook and planting F873h table. Fullerton, E. L. How to make a vege- O. S. table garden. 1905 635 Gives general and specific instruc- P971 tions and includes planting time table. Galloway, B. T. Commercial violet cul- O. S. ture. 1903 716 Treatise on the growing and mar- G174 keting of violets for profit. Gibson, W. H. Our native orchids. 1905 O. S. Attractive book on subject on 584 which there is not much available G451 material. Greene, M. L. Among school gardens. *j716 1910 G811 Concise and practical treatment of school gardens. 8 Grubb, E. H. and Guilford, W. S. The potato. 1912 Compilation of information from every available source from the standpoint of the practical grower. Hall, A. D. Soil; introduction to the scientific study of the growth of crops. 1907 Deals with origin of soils, their physical and chemical composition. Hall, Bolton. Garden yard. 1909 gimple, practical book showing how to use the back yard for a profitable vegetable garden. Hall, Bolton. A little land and a living. 1908 Aims to encourage the overworked wage earner to reach out for a better, saner living through cultivating the little lands. Hall, Bolton. Three acres and liberty. 1907 Handbook of tested theory regard- ing land and its possibilities. Hayes, F. C. Handy hook of horticul- ture. 1900 Hays, W. M. Farm development. 1910 Hedrick, U. P. Grapes of New York. 1908 Report of the New York agricul- tural experiment station for the year 1907. Hedrick, U. P. Plums of New York. 1911 Report of the New York agricul- tural experiment station for the year 1910. O. S. 635 G885 O. S. 631 H174s O. S. 630 H174g O. S. 630 H1741 O. S. 630 H174 O. S. 716 H418 O. S. 630 H425 630.6 N532 pt2 630.6 N532 1910 pt2 9 Hemenway, H. D. How to make a school *j716 garden. 1903 H486 Discusses the development of the school garden movement and how to make a school garden. Henderson, Peter. Gardening for profit. O. S. 1907 635 Author is inventor of new methods H497 adapted to operations on a large scale. Herrman, H. French method of inten- O. S. sive cultivation and asparagus fore- 635 ing. 1910 H568 Gives French method of gardening and intensive cultivation with in- structions for each month in the year. Higgins, M. M. Little gardens for boys j716 and girls. 1910 H636 Accounts of simple garden making. Hole, S. M. Book about roses. 1911 O. S. How to grow and show them, with 716 lists of roses. H729 Hunn, C. E. and Bailey, L. H. Amateur’s O. S. practical garden book. 1900 635 H938 Hunt, T. F. Forage and fiber crops in O. S. America. 1907 633 H943 H usman, George. American grape O. S. growing and wine making. 1909 634 Results of fifty years’ experience in H971 viticulture. Hutchinson, Mrs. F. K. Our country O. S. home. 1907 728.6 Full of suggestions for owners of H975 country homes. 10 Iliott, Charles. Book of asparagus. O. S. 1901 635 Deals from practical standpoint 129 with the culture of asparagus, celery, etc. Jekyll, Gertrude. Children and gardens. j716 1908 J47 Useful information regarding chil- dren’s gardens. Jordan, D. S. and Kellogg, V. L. Scien- O. S. tific aspects of Luther Burbank’s 581 work. 1909 J82 Records the judgment of two dis- tinguished zoologists upon the work of the most famous gardener of the world. Keller, H. L. Our garden flowers. 1910 O. S. Popular study of annual and peren- 716 nial flowering plants which describes K26 in detail their native lands, life his- tories and structural affiliations. Kirby, A. M. Daffodils, narcissus and O S. how to grow them as hardy plants 716 and for cut flowers. 1907 K58 Lodeman, E. G. Spraying of plants. O. S. 1906 632 Terse directions for use of liquid L821 and powder sprays to destroy insects and fungi. Lounsberry, Alice. Garden book for j716 young people. 1908 L889 Good index to flowers. McCullom, W. C. Vines and how to O. S. grow them. 1911 581.5 Manual of useful and ornamental M129 climbing plants. McLennan, John. Manual of practical O. S. farming. 1910 630 Practical untechnical treatise cov- M164 ering briefly the whole range of farm- ing. 11 Maeterlinck, M. Old-fashioned flowers. O. S. 1905 716 Delightful volume of nature sketch- M186 es. Mann, A. R. Beginnings in agriculture. 630 1911 M281 Designed for the purpose of intro- ducing study of agriculture in seventh and eighth grades. Massey, W. F. Practical farming. 1907 O. S. Especially designed for everyday 630 use of farmers and agricultural stu- M416 dents. Maynard, S. T. Small country place. O. S. 1908 630 Accurate work by one who has M471 spent more than 30 years teaching botany and horticulture. It covers many interests connected with the small rural place. Calendar outlines each month’s work. Miller, C. H. Making paths and drive- O. S. ways. 1912 713 Tells how to locate, lay out, con- M647 struct and drain paths and driveways. Miller, L. K. Children’s gardens for O. S. school and home. 1904 716 M648 Miller, Wilhelm. What England can 710 teach us about gardening. 1911 M652 Discussion of gardening in the United States as compared with Eng- lish methods. Morris, Edmund. Ten acres enough. O. S. 1905 630 M875 Paddock, Wendell. Fruit-growing in O. S. arid regions. 1910 634 Account of the approved fruit- P123 growing practices in the inter-moun- tain country of the west. 12 Parkinson, E. K. Guide to the country O. S. home. 1909 630 Gives distinctly practical advice on P247 such topics as choice of location, win- ter-planning, tools, stock, crops, etc. Parkinson, E. K. Practical country O. S. gentleman. 1911 630 Handbook of information to help P247p beginners avoid the usual discourag- ing stumbling-blocks. Parsons, H. G. Children’s gardens for j716 pleasure, health and education. 1910 P268 Handbook divided into theory and practice. Helpful in planning school gardens. Parsons, Samuel, Jr. Landscape garden- 710 ing. 1907 P271 Practical statement of problems. Pearson, R. H. Book of garden pests. 632 1908 P362 Handbook for gardeners containing information necessary to combat com- mon insect pests and fungus diseases. Peterson, M. G. How to know wild O. S. fruits. 1905 581 Guide to plants when not in flower P485 by means of fruit and leaf. Plunkett, Sir H. C. Rural life problem O. S. of the United States. 1910 630 Results of ten years’ study of local P737 conditions by an Englishman who is an authority on the subject. Powell, E. P. How to live in the coun- O. S. try. 1911 630 Tells how to choose the site, build P882 the house and prepare for the future of both farm and family. 13 Powell, E. P. Orchard and the fruit O. S. garden. 1905 634 Written for people escaping from P882 city life to suburban homes. Gives specific cultural directions. Powell, I. L. Chrysanthemums and how O. S. to grow them. 1911 716 Authoritative and comprehensive P883 manual for grower and amateur. Rexford, E. E. Amateur garden craft. O. S. 1912 716 Instructions for the beginner which R445a will help him to work intelligently and artistically in beautifying grounds. Rexford, E. E. Four seasons in the 716 garden. 1907 R455 Treats of the making and care of the lawn, flower-beds, back-yard gar- dens and window boxes. Rexford, E. E. Home floriculture. 1907 O. S. Practical guide to the treatment of 716 flowering and other ornamental plants R455h in the house and garden. Rexford, E. E. Home garden. 1909 O. S. Useful manual for the inexperienced 635 who wish to grow vegetables and R455 small fruit. Rexford, E. E. Indoor gardening. 1910 O. S. Helpful for those with small gar- 716 dens and but an hour or so each day R455i to work in. Roberts, I. P. The farmstead. 1905 630 Making of the rural home and lay- R645 out of the farm. Roberts, I. P. Fertility of the land. 1906 631 Summary sketch of the relationship R645 of farm practice to the maintaining and increasing of the productivity of the soil. 14 Rockwell, F. F. Home vegetable gar- dening. 1911 Guide to planting and care of vege- tables, fruits and berries worth grow- ing for home use. Rogers, W. S. Garden planning. 1911 Useful English book containing lists of flowers for special purposes. Rutter, W. P. Wheat-growing in Can- ada, the United States and the Ar- gentine. 1911 Considers the geographical, econo- mic and political factors which affect the cultivation of wheat and discusses the probabilities of the future. Saint-Maur, Mrs. K. V. Earth’s bounty. 1909 Modern practical book for the farm- er as well as the amateur. Saint-Maur, Mrs. K. V. Making home profitable. 1912 Tells how an inexperienced city woman built up a profitable home in the country, with chapters on vege- table gardening, flowers and fruit and raising of poultry, bees and pigs. Saint-Maur, Mrs. K. V. Self-supporting home. 1905 Author relates personal experiences month by month in making a twelve- acre farm pay for itself and provide a home. Sanderson, E. D. Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard. 1912 Deals in turn with the various pests and makes clear the ways of extermi- nating them. Sevey, G. C. Bean culture. 1907 Treatise on production and market- ing of beans. O. S. 635 R684 O. S. 716 R731 O. S. 633 R982 O. S. 630 S146e O. S. 630 S146m O. S. 630 S146 o. s. 632 S316 O. S. 635 S499 15 Shaw, E. E. Gardening and farming. j716 1911 S534 Shelton, Louise. Seasons in a flower O. S. garden; a handbook of information 716 and instruction for the amateur. S545 1906 Skinner, C. M. Little gardens. 1904 O. S. How to beautify city yards and 716 small country spaces. S628 Storer, F. H. Agriculture in some of its 631 relations with chemistry. 1906 S884 Designed for farmers familiar with the manual practice of agriculture, desirous of studying some of the sciences bearing most closely on the art of farming. Streeter, J. W. Fat of the land. 1904 O. S. Clear, sensible and business-like 630 book for the gentleman farmer. Not S914 much attention paid to details. Tabor, Grace and Teall, G. C. Garden O. S. primer. 1910 716 Excellent first book with planting T114 table. Tabor, Grace. Landscape garden book. O. S. 1911 710 Contains the simple laws of beauty T114 and utility which should guide the de- velopment of all grounds. Thonger, Charles. Book of the cottage O. S. garden. 1909 716 Planned for the average household- T486 er. It suggests simple methods for small gardens. T racy, W. W. Tomato culture. 1907 O. S. Gives instructions for raising, har- 635 vesting and marketing tomatoes. T762 16 Underwood, Loring. Garden and its ac- O. S. cessories. 1907 716 Suggestive to people who make U56 their gardens out -of-door living rooms. U. S. Bureau of soils. Field operations R631 of the bureau of soils. 1900-1912 U571 U. S. County life commission. Report. 630 1911 U572 Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. Endeavors to summarize the deficien- cies in country life and the general corrective forces to be set in motion. Van Siyke, L. L. Fertilizers and crops. O. S. Gives practical methods for using 631 fertilizers and the reasons underlying V281 their us©. Ver Beck, H. R. Garden in the wilder- O. S. ness. 1909 716 Written by a garden lover, but con- V477 tains little practical information. Vivian, Alfred. First principles of soil O. S. fertility. 1908 631 Excellent untechnical work well V858 adapted to needs of farmer. Warren, G. F. Elements of agriculture. O. S. 1909 630 May be used for text in preparatory W288 schools and short courses in college. Watts, R. S. Vegetable gardening. 1912 O. S. Text-book for agricultural schools 635 and professional vegetable growers. W352 Waugh, F. A. American apple orchard. O. S. 1908 634 Full information for the practice of W354a apple growing, harvesting and mar- keting. 17 Waugh, F. A. Beginner’s guide to fruit 0. S. growing. 634 Simple statement of elementary W354b practices of propagation, planting, culture, fertilization, etc. Waugh, F. A. Dwarf fruit trees. 1908 634 Sets forth the commercial possibili- W354d ties and great importance of dwarf fruit trees to the small householder. Waugh, F. A. Fruit harvesting. 1906 O. S. Practical guide to the picking, sort- 634 ing, packing, storing, shipping and W354 marketing of fruit. Waugh, F. A. Landscape gardening. O. S. 1899 710 General principles governing out- W354 door art with suggestions for their application in the problems of garden- ing. Waugh, F. A. Plums and plum culture. O. S. 1901 634 Deals with the propagation, cultiva- W354p tion and utilization of plums cultivat- ed and indigenous in North America. Weed, C. M. and Emerson, Philip. O. S. School garden book. 1909 716 Useful guide to teacher in city and W394 country and to home gardener, dis- also j cussing by month the flowers in sea- son. Weed, C. M. Spraying crops; why, O. S. when and how. 1912 632 W394s Wilkinson, J. W. Practical agriculture. O. S. 1909 630 W686 Woll, F. W. Handbook for farmers and 630 dairy men. 1907 W863 Useful facts and formulas on sub- jects of importance to farmers and dairymen. 18 Wooison, G. A. Ferns and how to grow O. S. them. 1905 587 Practical book for amateur fern W916 culturist. Describes native varieties, their habits and needs. Wright, Mrs. M. O. Garden, you and I. O. S. 1906 716 Reliable information about gardens W952 is interwoven with the thread of a slight story. Wright, W. P. Garden week by week. O. S. 1909 716 Handbook to gardening operations W954g for every week in the year. Wright, W. P. Perfect garden. 1908 O. S. How to keep it beautiful and fruit- 716 ful, with hints on culture of all the W954 principal flowers, fruits and vege- tables. Wright, W. P. Popular garden flowers. O. S. 1911 716 Gives instructions for raising many W9o±p individual flowers such as carnations, lilies, sweet peas, etc. 19 MAIN LIBRARY Fourth and Library Place Hours: 9 a. m. to 10 p. m. week days 2 p. m. to 10 p. m. 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