Part 4

Selection, preparation and use of pods, seeds, cones, berries, nuts, the dried bough, bark, lichen, and burr in original and interesting home decorations.

_Old Roses for Modern Gardens_, Richard Thomson. Van Nostrand.

An interesting and scholarly history and description of the old roses of Europe and the Orient with an evaluation of the old varieties the author has grown. Appendices list roses for special purposes; the top 30 old roses from Will Tillotson's collection of 150 and growers of old roses in the United States.

_The Complete Book of Gardening and Lawn Care_, Will Peigelbeck. Random House.

This book is arranged so that "you start with the site itself, learn about soils and plant foods, then go on to lawns, different flowers, shrubs and trees, and fruits and vegetables. After this comes discussion of special points, such as controlling insects and growing your own plants from seeds and cuttings." Author's Foreword.

--E.T.L.

_Merry Christmas and Happy New Year_

from W. W. Wilmore Nurseries

38th and Wadsworth Wheatridge HA 4-5584

_Visit Our Garden Shop and Select Your Christmas Presents from Our Large Selection of Unusual Gifts Shop the Easy Way--Phone or Send in for Your Gift Certificates_

Merry Christmas and the Best of Gardening for 1960

ALAMEDA NURSERY, Inc.

_Denver's Garden Center_ 2645 W. Alameda Ave.

Write or call for free catalogue WE 5-3528

SERVICE . . . QUALITY . . . DEPENDABILITY . . .

_Peerless Printing Co._ 1989 BROADWAY TA 5-3368

Transcriber's Notes

--Silently corrected a few typos.

--Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication.

--In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by _underscores_.

--Included advertisements within boxes to clarify text flow.

--Transcribed text within advertisements, but omitted images and ignored some font changes.