250 Beautiful Flowers and How to Grow Them (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781444655209)

"250 Beautiful Flowers" is a comprehensive handbook on gardening that offers the reader information and step-by-step instructions on how to successfully cultivate a vast range of flowers suitable for the garden, as well as some helpful tips on gardening in general. Each flower has a simple description as well as instructions and information on propagation, culture, best varieties, and more. This timeless volume is highly recommended for keen garners and collectors of vintage gardening literature. Contents include: "Abelia", "Achimenes", "Acroclinium", "Agapanthus", "Ageratum", "Allium", "Alyssum", "Amaryllis", "American Cowslip", "Anchusa", "Antirrhunum", "Arum Lily", "Aster", "Aubrietia", "Auricula", "Autumn Crocus", "Azalea", "Baboon Rox", "Balsam", "Barberry", "Bartonia", "Begonia", 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.

Author: J. W. Morton
ISBN-10: 1444655205
ISBN-13: 9781444655209
Publisher: Home Farm Books
Language: English
Published: 12/24/2009
Pages: 212
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.48d