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A very readable and graceful volume. -- Saturday Review "Entitled from its worth to a place in every Shakespearian library." -- Spectator. "As accurate as it is delightful." -- Gardener's Chronicle. "Deserves a place on the shelves of both the student of Shakespeare and the lover of plant lore." -- Journal of Botany "The fullest and best book on the subject." -- The Literary World From Ophelia's pansies and Lear's crown of weeds to Desdemona's song...
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Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
In Wood and Garden, Gertude Jekyll's first book, she writes, "For the love of gardening is a seed that once sown never dies, but always grows and grows to an enduring and ever-increasing source of happiness." Written as a gardening calendar, this seminal work reveals her personal approach to planting a garden, which revolutionized Edwardian horticultural thinking.
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Orange Judd Company
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Mushrooms and their extensive and profitable culture should concern everyone. For home consumption they are a healthy and delicious food, and for the marketplace, when grown properly, they become a very lucrative crop. Contained herein is a comprehensive handbook on all matter of mushroom culture, written with the layperson in mind. Accessible and informative, this book is the perfect guide for budding amateurs and constitutes a great addition to...
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John Lane
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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The Book of Topiary, by Charles Henry Curtis (1869- ?) and W. Gibson, was published in London in 1904 and was part of the Handbooks of Practical Gardening series, XVIII. They were edited by Harry Roberts.
Topiary is the horticultural practice of training perennial plants by clipping the foliage and twigs of trees, shrubs, and subshrubs to develop and maintain clearly defined shapes, whether geometric or fanciful. The term also refers to
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