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The Book of Old-Fashioned Flowers

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The Book of Old-Fashioned Flowers

Harry Roberts and Ethel Roskruge

103 pages~2 hr 3 min read24 chapters$4.99
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There is a special charm in the flowers your grandmother grew. Harry Roberts celebrates the old-fashioned blooms of cottage borders and seaside gardens, following them through winter, spring, and the full glory of June, with a chapter on growing roses. Nostalgic and practical at once, it reads like a friend's advice. Fill your beds with the sweet, familiar flowers of the past.

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24 chapters

  1. 1THE BOOK OF OLD- FASHIONED FLOWERS AND OTHER PLANTS WHICH THRIVE IN THE OPEN-AIR OF ENGLAND
  2. 2CONTENTS
  3. 3ILLUSTRATIONS
  4. 4THANKS
  5. 5SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS
  6. 6OLD-FASHIONED FLOWERS
  7. 7A GARDEN BY THE SEA
  8. 8COTTAGE GARDENS
  9. 9THE GARDEN IN WINTER
  10. 10THE GARDEN IN SPRING
  11. 11THE GARDEN IN JUNE
  12. 12HOW TO GROW ROSES
  13. 13THE GARDEN IN JULY
  14. 14NIGHT IN THE GARDEN
  15. 15THE GARDEN IN AUGUST
  16. 16THE GARDEN IN AUTUMN
  17. 17SHELTER AND SHADE
  18. 18SOILS AND THEIR PREPARATION

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