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Familiar Garden Flowers

by F. Edward Hulme

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A 1913 guide to cultivating a varied flower garden

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A 1913 guide to cultivating a varied flower garden

First published in 1913, Familiar Garden Flowers combines practical garden instruction with descriptions of plants found in ordinary flower gardens. Its chapters range from colour planning and seed-raising to fertilizers, plant remedies, terraces, wild gardens, and the care of shrubs, vines, bulbs, and other plants. The book’s period perspective is part of its character: it presents an early twentieth-century approach to laying out and maintaining ornamental planting, while the modern edition adds an introduction on gardening history. A useful choice for browsing both hands-on topics and the gardening ideas of its original era.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Gardeners interested in flower-growing guidance and plant care
  • Collectors of vintage gardening literature
  • Readers interested in the history of ornamental garden design

Themes

Flower gardeningPlant propagationGarden maintenanceColour arrangementHistoric gardening practices

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Book overview

Fist published in 1913, this charming guide looks at how to plant and maintain a beautiful flower garden, exploring a variety of plants that can be found in typical gardens. It offers detailed descriptions of each plant treated, as well as tips on planting propagating, maintaining, etc. This classic guide is highly rerecorded for green-fingered enthusiasts and is not to be missed by collectors of vintage gardening literature. Contents include: "Color Arrangement of Flowers", "Some Green Things of the Earth", "Raising Flowers from Seed", "Raising Trees from Seed", "Fertilizers and How to Apply Them, Together with Some Plant Remedies", "A Little About Terraces and Their Treatment", "The Wild Garden", "Shrubs, Vines, Plants and Bulbs", etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on the history of gardening.
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