Manuel pratique de Jardinage : contenant la manière de cultiver soi-même un jardin ou d'en diriger la culture

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Courtois-Gérard

Language:

French

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Manuel pratique de Jardinage" by Courtois-Gérard is a practical gardening manual written in the late 19th century. This guide provides detailed instructions and advice on how to cultivate a garden effectively, whether for personal enjoyment or agricultural practice. The book likely covers various horticultural topics, from planning and planting to maintaining different types of gardens, including vegetable and ornamental gardens. The opening of the book introduces the reader to the importance of understanding and improving their gardening practices. It emphasizes the latest advancements in horticulture and outlines the contents of the manual, which are meant to aid gardeners-both novice and experienced. The first chapter discusses the general layout of a vegetable garden, including soil conditions, plant arrangements, and the sequencing of crops to ensure a productive harvest. The author stresses the necessity of proper garden design to facilitate plant growth and maintenance, while also indicating that this advice will be supported by practical examples and illustrations throughout the manual. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

Produced by Laurent Vogel, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 70.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Release date is 2012-06-01