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The Flower Garden: A Handbook of Practical Garden Lore

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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) (6 hr 26 min)

Chapters

The Location and Arrangement of the Garden

21:40

Read by Mark Mickelson

Soils

9:51

Read by Esther

Fertilizers

10:02

Read by Garth Burton

The Hotbed, Cold-Frame and Sand-Box

17:09

Read by Garth Burton

Purchasing of Seeds

18:31

Read by Esther

Starting Seeds in Flats

7:11

Read by Esther

Transplanting and Repotting

14:17

Read by Mark Mickelson

House-Plants from Seeds

37:40

Read by Amy Gramour

Outside Window-Boxes

13:37

Read by Esther

Various Annuals from Seed

45:28

Read by Amy Gramour

Vines

24:04

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)

Ornamental Foliage Plants from Seed

6:57

Read by Elizabeth Hartwig

Bulbous and Tuberous - Rooted Plants

29:49

Read by Janet

Aquatics

11:22

Read by Garth Burton

The Care of the Summer Rose-Bed

8:40

Read by Mark Mickelson

The Hardy Lily-Bed

9:47

Read by Janet

The Care of Cannas, Caladiums, Dahlias, and Other Bulbs During Winter

16:52

Read by Janet

Hardy Shrubs and Plants for Fall Planting

11:22

Read by Mark Mickelson

Winter Protection

6:50

Read by Garth Burton

The Care of House-Plants in Winter

13:04

Read by Esther

Common and English Names of Flowers

21:52

Read by Amy Gramour

Blooming Season of Various Trees, Shrubs, and Plants

10:00

Read by Amy Gramour

A Chapter of Odds and Ends

11:07

Read by E.Lee

A Chapter of Don'ts

8:59

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)

Bewertungen

Wonderful

(5 Sterne)

A wonderful guide for beginners