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.