We are offering The Pictorial Encyclopedia of Gardening.  1950s.  413 pages packed with beautiful color illustrations and tons of information with detailed instructions for beginners and even the most seasoned gardeners.  (9" x 11 1/2") First there are two booklets - "A Dictionary of Popular Plants" with an alphabetical list of Outdoor Plants and of Greenhouse & Indoor Plants; and "A Dictionary of Gardening Terms".  **NOTE** - It appears that this book was offered for purchase by the magazine "Understanding Gardening" (at the bottom of the two booklets it says, "Presented Free to Readers of Understanding Gardening", so these booklets were likely offered on a regular basis to subscribers of the magazine). Then follows an index.  **NOTE** - the wealth of information in this book gives people the opportunity to get answers to their questions and instructions for planting and caring for plants, while giving valuable instruction on how to build garden structures, without the gardener having to go to many different sources for the information.

These are the plants & flowers pictured and described: Climbing Roses on Walls (how to do); Taking Care of House Plants; Fruit for a Small Garden; Different Plants and Flowers for Borders; Hedges; Foliage Plants; Dahlias; Fragrant Annuals; Bulbs; Herbs; Begonias; Daffodils; Chrysanthemums; Unusual Vegetables; Shade Plants; Geraniums; Clematis; Gold & Silver Conifers; Azaleas; Perennials; Spring Flowering Shrubs; Plants for Water Gardens; Bearded Irises; Cacti; Window Boxes; Hanging Baskets; Herbaceous Paeonies; Flowering Trees and Shrubs; Lilies, and Poppies.  

Other subjects covered, including how to create beautiful landscape additions to the garden: Garden Pools; Stone Pathways; Fences and Gates; Making a Rock Garden; Heated Frames for Early Planting, and Children in the Garden.  Also, practical information every gardener needs to know: Composting; Soil PH - (how to test for it and amend the soil); Mulching; Watering; Pests & Weeds; Purpose for Different Garden Tools; how to Prepare a Spring Lawn, and much, much more.  **CONDITION** - the book is in Excellent Condition.  The book has an unusual method of binding with thin, metal rods, laid loosely between some of the pages throughout the book, which go through clamps at the top and bottom of the spine.  The first booklet mentioned above, and the last few pages of the book have somehow separated from the clamps at the top & bottom.  The rest of the book is securely and tightly bound.