The Bulb Garden - Or How to Cultivate Bulbous and Tuberous-Rooted Flowering Plants to Perfection - A Manual Adapted for Both the Professional and Amat (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781444672954)

"The Bulb Garden" is a classic guide to gardening focusing on cultivating various plants and flowers from bulbs. Containing simple, step-by-step instructions and expert tips, this profusely-illustrated handbook is ideal for green-fingered novices and those with little experience with bulbous plants. Contents include: "Plans for Laying Out Bulb Gardens", "The Tulip", "Situation of the Bed", "Planting", "Subsequent Treatment", "Shading the Flowers", "How to Produce Fine Flowers", "Taking the Tulips Up", "Raising New Varieties", "Sowing the Seed", "The Ranunculus", "Situation of the Bed", "The Soil, and Preparation of the Bed", 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: Samuel Wood
ISBN-10: 1444672959
ISBN-13: 9781444672954
Publisher: Grierson Press
Language: English
Published: 12/09/2009
Pages: 156
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.36d