Gardening in the Lower South
New York: Macmillan, 1929. First Edition, First Printing. Classic and Influential a First Edition, First Printing. This significant book stayed in print until 1968.
New York: Macmillan, 1929. First Edition, First Printing. Classic and Influential a First Edition, First Printing. This significant book stayed in print until 1968.
Spring Hill, FL: Florida Native Plant Society, 1998. Eighth Printing. Discover the secrets of using Florida's native plants to attract and aid local butterflies, accompanied by captivating photos. This concise guide covers all aspects of establishing a thriving butterfly garden, offering clear instructions from plant selection to habitat provision. "Butterfly.....
The Lyons Press, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. The late son of the Huxley dynasty of scientists chronicles the derived-from-agriculture gardening techniques and implements invented and used across cultures and the centuries (everything but power mowers it seems). Huxley also considers more recent trends: greater numbers.....
Ames: Iowa State Press, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. 'Kitchen gardeners, the traditional backyard growers of edible plants, have been tending family gardens for some ten thousand years, and Kitchen Gardening in America is their first written history.Starting in the ancient days of.....
London: W. Mears, 1718. Full leather in a slipcase. Full Title: New improvements of planting and gardening, both philosophical and practical; explaining the motion of the sapp and generation of plants. With other Discoveries never before made Publick, for the Improvement of Forest-Trees, Flower-Gardens or Parterres; with a New Invention.....
Washington, D. C. National Geographic Books, 2000. Fine Hardcover in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. Seeing Gardens lets its 150 pictures speak for themselves with a spare text that offers context rather than commentary. The book is at once thoughtful and elegant, and the anecdotes, recollections and aesthetic philosophy amount.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977. Updated and Revised. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Homesteading is small-scale, intensive agriculture with a self-reliant attitude. Since the 1970s-when this book was first published-countless numbers have flocked to the countryside in search of self-sufficiency and refuge from cities and suburbs. This is the book.....
Lark Books, 1999. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Background Information: This is a comprehensive manual that covers all the basics: siting; design and positioning of a path; discussions of all manner of materials that can be used; and basic how-to advice for planning, grading, clearing, marking, leveling, digging.....
London - Glasgow: Collins, c1950. Illustrations by Boswell. The illustrator, Hilda Boswell, a British illustrator and writer of children's books was born in London in 1903, the daughter of an architect, and studied at Hornsey School of Art and Regent Street Polytechnic. Her preferred medium was watercolour, and she admired.....
New York: Macmillan Company, 1925. New and Modified Edition. Cloth Hardcover. A classic handbook for anyone occupied in producing fruit from bushes, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of gardening literature. Contents include: “the Location”, “The Land”, “Fertilizers”, “Suggestions on Planting”, “Management of the Land”, “Tillage Tools”.....
Rochester, New York: Chase Brothers Company, 1924. Very Good in Illustrated Wraps. A lovely illustrated promotional and informative booklet. Three sections: 1) Ornamental Shrubs, Tree Clinging Vines, Roses and Other Flowers, 2) How to Lay Out the Home Grounds, 3) The Home Orchard - How to Plant, How to Utilize.....
New York: , 1931: John Scheepers Inc., 1931. A Very Good Soft cover. A very attractive Advertising catalog; full of descriptions for each flower, a price list for varieties, and poetry.
USA: Taylor Trade Publishing, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Florida's climate is suitable for growing some of nature's most breathtaking plants.Here is an all-purpose guide on more than 200 beautiful, exotic plants that will thrive in the Sunshine State bromeliads, orchids, gingers, ferns, vines, bulbs and.....
New York: Charles Scribner, 1856. Cloth Hardcover. Popular and sentimental the author's first book. A record of the author's travels to Europe. Throughout his life he showed a particular interest in agriculture and landscape gardening, which he followed at first in pursuit of health. These features are prominent in this.....
Washington D.C, American Nature Association, 1929. Vol. 14, No.6. Just in time to kick off the Winter Season!Background Information:American Nature Association, headquartered in Washington, D.C., was the publisher of Nature Magazine from 1923 to 1959. It was founded by Arthur Newton Pack and his father, Charles.Nature Magazine was an "illustrated.....
Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. A Fine Soft cover. In this full-color eco-friendly guide to landscaping in Florida, the authors discuss trees, palms, shrubs, ground covers, and vines as well as the uses of mulches and compost.Additional problem-solving sections tackle soils and fertilizers, pruning.....
Tallahassee: Florida Department of Agriculture, 1938. Soft cover.