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The garden's story, or Pleasures and trials of an amateur gardener / by George H. Ellwanger.
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LIBRA - Rare SB455 .E6 1889 Malgieri copy
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - American Imprints 1889 Ellwang
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ellwanger, George H. (George Herman), 1848-1906.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gardening.
- Penn Provenance:
- Malgieri, Nick (donor) (Malgieri Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 2 unnumbered pages, vii pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 345 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 17 cm
- Other Title:
- Pleasures and trials of an amateur gardener
- Place of Publication:
- New York : D. Appleton and company, 1889.
- Contents:
- The garden in anticipation
- An outline of the garden
- The spring wild flowers
- When daffodils begin to peer
- The rock-garden
- The summer flowers
- Two garden favorites
- Warm-weather wisdom
- My insect visitors
- Hardy shrubs and climbers
- In and out of the garden
- The hardy fernery
- Midsummer flowers and midsummer voices
- Flowers and fruits of autumn
- The last- monk's-hood spire.
- Notes:
- Title page printed in red and green with green title vignette.
- Head and tail pieces by Rhead.
- Includes index.
- Dark green bevelled boards with title stamped in gold. Ribbon bookmark.
- Local Notes:
- Nick Malgieri Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Nick Malgieri.
- Malgieri Collection copy has short paragraph attached to page facing title page.
- Malgieri Collection copy has underlines and marginal marks.
- Athenaeum copy: Ex libris: NY Mercantile Library.
- OCLC:
- 1004241
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