Flower Garden: A Handbook of Practical Garden Lore

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - *Non-fiction, Nature, Gardening

Authors: Ida Dandridge Bennett In Year : 1903

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Flower Garden: A Handbook of Practical Garden Lore

The Location and Arrangement of the Garden
Soils
Fertilizers
The Hotbed, Cold-Frame and Sand-Box
Purchasing of Seeds
Starting Seeds in Flats
Transplanting and Repotting
House-Plants from Seeds
Outside Window-Boxes
Various Annuals from Seed
Vines
Ornamental Foliage Plants from Seed
Bulbous and Tuberous - Rooted Plants
Aquatics
The Care of the Summer Rose-Bed
The Hardy Lily-Bed
The Care of Cannas, Caladiums, Dahlias, and Other Bulbs During Winter
Hardy Shrubs and Plants for Fall Planting
Winter Protection
The Care of House-Plants in Winter
Common and English Names of Flowers
Blooming Season of Various Trees, Shrubs, and Plants
A Chapter of Odds and Ends
A Chapter of Don'ts

This book is a good reference on the perennial flower gardening and landscaping. It contains information on growing the plants from seed and explains how to grow and care for the traditional garden flowering plants, bulbs, trees, and shrubs. There are sections covering all aspects of ornamental gardens including water gardens and caring for house plants in the winter. The author has lots of unexpected but good advice in her chapter of Don’ts, for example: “ Don’t supply with cut flowers, plants and the like, people who spend more money for unnecessary luxuries than you do for your whole garden, and then tell you how foolish you are to spend so much time and money, and work so hard for your flowers.” As this shows, the author is at times as colorful as the flowers in this informative book (Summary by A.L. Gramour)