Home and Garden - Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Worker in Both - With 53 Illustrations from Photographs by the Author

Jekyll, Gertrude

ISBN 10: 1528709985 / ISBN 13: 9781528709989

Published by Read Country Books, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Home and Garden - Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Worker in Both - With 53 Illustrations from Photographs by the Author
• Publisher: Read Country Books
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1528709985
• ISBN 13: 9781528709989
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Gertrude Jekyll's "Home and Garden" is a wonderful vintage guide to gardening comprising an assortment of notes, thoughts, and practical advice concerning a variety of garden-based topics. From charming anecdotes of notable country walks to how to make potpourri and beyond, this vintage volume will appeal to gardeners and native-lovers alike, and it would make a for a wonderful addition to any home collection. Contents include: "How the House was Built", "A Wood Ramble ion April", "A Garden of Wall-Flowers", "Trees and Lanes", "Wild Honeysuckle", "Brier Roses", "Midsummer", "Roses and Lilies", "Large Rock-Gardens", "The Workshop", "The Kinship of Common Tools", "Cut Flowers", "Conservatories", "The Making of Pot-Purri", etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on the history of gardening.