Green cloth with green metallic lettering and embossed leaves design to boards. Uneven sunning to boards. Text is clean and bright, no marks. Lovely illustrations throughout by Grambs Miller. Unclipped dust jacket with $6.95 price has a shop sticker to front cover, scuffing and light soiling, all edges show light wear, creasing to flap folds. "This intensely practical guide starts with basic care, and she gives you the why behind every what to do so clearly that you begin to have a feel for the way plants work and what they need from you. She tells how to solve the watering problem, when and how often, why too much is more dangerous than too little; how to train, pinch, prune, divide and control your plants; how to know when your plant is dormant not dead; a special section on growing plants under artificial lights, and much more.

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Title

Making Things Grow; A Practical Guide for the Indoor Gardener

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf January, 1972, New York

Publication Date

1972

Language

English

ISBN 10

039443448X

ISBN 13

9780394434483

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

Illus.

Edition

Fifth Printing.

Condition

Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Good

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Gardening

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Ninth Printing. A practical guide for the indoor gardener. Illustrations by Grambs Miller.

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