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Gardening for pleasure : a guide to the amateur in the fruit, vegetable, and flower garden, with full directions for the greenhouse, conservatory, and window garden / by Peter Henderson ...
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - American Imprints
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Henderson, Peter, 1822-1890.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gardening.
- Greenhouses.
- Genre:
- Embossed bindings (Binding)
- Gold tooled bindings (Binding) -- 1903.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 7-404, 12 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Edition:
- New, enl. ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Orange Judd co., 1903, c1887.
- Contents:
- Location and soil
- Drainage
- Preparation of the ground
- Walks
- manures
- Special fertilizers for particular plants
- The lawn
- Designs for garden
- Planting of lawns and flower beds
- Fall or holland bulbs, etc
- Propagation of plants by seeds
- Propagation of plants by cuttings
- Propagating by layering
- About grafting and budding
- How grafting and budding are done
- Treatment of tropical bulbs, seeds, etc
- The potting of plants
- Winter-flowring plants
- Unhealthy plants, the remedy
- Plants suited for summer decoration
- Hanging baskets
- Window gardening
- Culture of water lilies and other aquatic plants
- The chrysanthemum
- Parlor gardening, or the cultivation of plants in rooms
- Wardian cases, ferneries, and jardinieres
- Greenhouses attached to dwellings
- Detached greenhouses, modes of heating, etc
- Greenhouses or pits without artificial heating
- Combined cellar and greenhouse
- Hardy shrubs, climbers, and trees
- Hardy herbaceous perennials
- Flowers which will grow in the shade
- Insects and other parasites injurious to plants
- Frozen plants
- Mulching
- Shading
- The law of color in flowers
- Humbugs in horticulture
- Pruning
- Hardy grapes
- The cold grapery
- The hothouse or forcing grapery
- The strawberry
- Cottage gardening, a digression
- The vegetable garden
- Garden implements
- Monthly calendar of operations.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Bound in green cloth with floral border embossed on front and back cover. Title is stamped in gold on front cover and spine.
- OCLC:
- 6006166
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