First published in 1851, this volume contains a detailed guide to
planting and maintaining a variety of hardy plants in a garden,
including herbaceous perennials, annuals, shrub plants, and evergreen
trees. Clear and concise, this handy little guide will prove invaluable
to anyone wishing to introduce hardy ornamental plants into their
gardens. Contents include: "Annuals, Cultivation of", "Annuals, Sowing
Seed of", "Annuals, Biennials, Culture of", "Biennials, Descriptive list
of, "Bulbs, directions for flowering in glasses", "Flowers, the
importance of their cultivation", "Flowers, Selecting for the
flower-garden", "Flowers, Old-Fashioned do", "Flower-garden, laying
out", "Flowering Plants, selection of", 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.