Gardening & Botany

With a chapter covering each month, the author takes us through a year in his garden on the South Downs overlooking the English Channel.

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PUBLISHERNetherton & Worth, Truro, and Houlston & Sons, London.
BINDINGGreen / blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and embossed border.
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The dictionaries contain brief descriptions of the artists of the period, with some biographical information and lists of major works. The plates of artworks are grouped in the second half of each volume.

A charming and detailed description of the authors experiences caring for a large garden in the Welsh climate.

A definitive historical guide, with chapters by various specialists on geology, flora and fauna, and palaeontology.

A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated history of the art of gardening, "from the earliest times to the present day."

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PUBLISHEROrange Judd Publishing Company, Inc. New York.
BINDINGRed cloth boards with gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn, especially at edges, spine very faded. Hinges...

This encyclopaedic work provides a comprehensive survey of bee-keeping methods. 

A practical guide to gardening with Alpine plants, magnificently Illustrated throughout with brightly tinted plates.

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PUBLISHERMunn and Company, New York.
BINDING
Green cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn with fading to edges and spine. Hinges a little weak...

Beginning his research after hearing of an old country woman who used the herb to cure dropsy, Withering used foxglove to treat congestive heart failure with some success. Its introduction into the Edinburgh pharmacopoeia in 1783 and its subsequent widespread acceptance eventually led to its overuse and Withering's classic Account of the Foxglove was actually written as a protest against such abuse. The book includes 163 cases involving the use of digitalis and is regarded as one of the classics in pharmacology (Heirs of Hippocrates 1039)

A highly detailed description of the anatomy of the honey bee in all its life stages.

Attractively bound practical guide to bee-keeping which was clearly very popular on publication and sold in large numbers, this being the 16th revised edition.

A comprehensive and most charming guide to creating and maintaining a garden, especially aimed at enthusing children with the joys such a pastime. can bring. After an introduction, the book is divided into sections covering each of the four seasons. The many photographs, of gardens, individual plants and little Edwardian gardeners really bring alive the sound practical advice and historical period. One photograph shows the gardens at Swiss cottage in the grounds of Osborne house that Queen Victoria had laid out in equal size plots for each of her nine children. These can be seen unchanged today. Little excerpts from poems illuminate the text. However, the advice for children to use red lead to stop mice eating seeds may not be so welcome now!

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PUBLISHERFrederick Warne and Co. London.
BINDINGPictorial boards.
BOOK CONDITIONIn worn condition commensurate with age. Hinges are weak, but binding feels mostly secure apart from one...

A complete and beautifully illustrated guide to field flowers found through the year.

A practical guide to designing and planting a garden, based on numerous illustrated examples.