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Garden Books


By Francis Bacon

OF GARDENS: An Essay. With an Introduction by Helen Milman (Mrs. Caldwell Crofton). Frontispiece and Cover-Design by Edmund H. New. 16mo. 75 cents net.}}

This edition of the great chancellor's leisure-essay, issued by one of the first garden-writers of to-day, makes a delightful volume for lovers of garden literature.


By J. D. Sedding

GARDEN CRAFT, OLD AND NEW. With nine illustrations. 8vo. $2.50 net.

A book that treats of a subject much in vogue to-day — the laying out of gardens, formal and "architectural." This is its first appearance in America, though in England it is looked upon almost as a classic.


By Forbes Watson

FLOWERS AND GARDENS. Edited with an Introduction by Rev. Canon Ellacombe, and with a frontispiece portrait of the author, 12mo. $1.50 net.

This work, long a classic in England, has been out of print for some time and its reappearance will be welcomed by those who know it, as well as by those who desire to become acquainted with it. The author's tender love of Nature is an added charm to his intimate knowledge of her ways.


By E. V. B.

SEVEN GARDENS AND A PALACE. With nine full-page illustrations by F. L. B. Griggs and Arthur Gordon, 12mo. $1.50.