This 1911 work by Jacob Biggle is a simple and concise yet complete introduction to fruiting trees.

John Kirkegaard's 1912 volume is a practical handbook on many types of large and small plants for both the amateur gardener and the busy garden designer.

Franklin Elliott provides readers with a practical guide to landscaping with popular deciduous and evergreen plants.

With Descriptions And Illustrations Of The Most Productive Of The Finer Varieties, And Selections Of Kinds Most Profitably Grown For Market.

The fruits and fruit trees of America are described in Andrew Downing's 1847 comprehensive guide.

Lucius Davis's 1899 work is not a scientific text but rather a layman's guide describing the characteristics of the types of shrubbery suitable for planting in the United States.

Thomas Field's 1858 work covers all aspects of the culture of pears.

"Robert Halliday's 1880 work is a hands-on guide to the culture of the Camellia japonica, the flower that became the state flower of Alabama and a favorite of Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (England), and Coco Chanel."

"Pomologist William Coxe (1762-1831) is considered to be one of the foremost fruit growers in America. At his home in Burlington, NJ, he experimented with new varieties of fruits, many based on the specimens he collected both in the United States and abroad. This 1817 work is considered by many to be the authoritative work on fruit culture of the colonial and revolutionary periods."

Master gardener Marie Harrison offers a rich plenty of trees and small shrubs that will bring color to the middle story of your Southern garden. If you choose carefully, you can add sparkle with flowers and fruits and brightly colored leaves all year long between the lower groundcovers and the taller trees of your garden. Many of the selections are native and require minimal care once established. But you can cultivate even the non-natives responsibly with the ecological approach revealed here.

Each entry gives detailed information on ideal growing conditions for the plant, how to care for it, and different selections with each species. Color photographs and line drawings make identification easy.

The author's easygoing style makes the information accessible to gardeners of all levels of experience, from beginners to her fellow master gardeners.

Readers will appreciate this source of practical information on all aspects of the propagation and culture of the Azalea indica.

"Andrew Fuller's 1896 guide is a comprehensive source of information on the culture of nuts, both tree and shrub based, in the United States."

With Accurate Descriptions Of The Most Estimable Varieties Of Native And Foreign Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums And Cherries, Cultivated In The Middle States Of America.

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With Accurate Descriptions Of The Most Estimable Varieties Of Native And Foreign Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums And Cherries, Cultivated In The Middle States Of America.

A guide to the trees of six of the estates currently open to the public and owned by the Preservation Society of Newport, Rhode Island.

BILLARDIERA LONGIFLORA.--Blue Apple Berry. Van Diemen's Land, 1810. If only for its rich, blue berries, as large as those of a cherry, this otherwise elegant climbing shrub is well worthy of a far greater share of attention than it has yet received, for it must be admitted that it is far from common. The greenish bell-shaped blossoms produced in May are, perhaps, not very attractive, but this is more than compensated for by the highly ornamental fruit, which renders the plant an object of great beauty about mid-September.

1831. Elizabeth Kent_s works are transitional between literary accounts about plants and systematic, scientific accounts. Her Flora Domestica, or the Portable Flower Garden, for which she is best known, and Sylvan Sketches, integrate nature and narrative, science and art, horticulture and romantic languages of nature in ways that signify changing directions in early 19th century plant culture, looking forward to a more scientific approach to the subject. Sylvan Sketches describes 80 hardy trees and shrubs common in England, providing factual information about the plants along with their cultural associations and usages in other parts of the world, citing explorers and travel writers.

Cultivate a mindful new habit in 2023 with Be More Bonsai, and discover how the art of growing bonsai trees can lead to a happier, more mindful way of life Amid the chaos of modern life, the ancient art of tending to bonsai can bring calm and perspective. The central tenets of this beautiful, meditative practice teach us patience, focus, calmness, perspective, planning, mindfulness and many more traits that can help us in our busy, challenging everyday lives. This calming companion will guide you through: * Caring for your own bonsai tree * Applying the mindfulness of cultivating bonsai to everyday life * The ancient Eastern philosophy of tending to bonsai From the shedding of leaves representing the letting go of material possessions, to carefully tending to the bonsai roots just as we should our own core values, Be More Bonsai is filled with wisdom that you'll cherish every day. Through the pages of this unique book, drawing on thousands of years of wisdom, elegant philosophy and a simpler, ancient way of life, we can all learn to Be More Bonsai.

Contains practical information on gardening with flowering shrubs including: planting and caring for shrubs, when and how to prune different types of shrubs, growing shrubs in containers, creating beautiful flowering displays year-round, shrubs for walls, growing shrubs in windy, shady or dry places - and much more.