This extensive reference book is a complete encyclopaedia of gardening, explaining in alphabetical sequence terms of the culture and propagation of hardy and half-hardy plants, trees and shrubs, orchids, ferns, fruit, vegetables, hothouse and greenhouse plants, etc. including diseases, treatments, their specific and common names. The gardener is provided with a comprehensive encyclopaedia which not only gives brief descriptions of all the plants they are likely to meet but also complete information regarding their cultivation. In its complete and unabridged original form it is extensively illustrated and full of instruction that is as useful and practical today as it was when originally published. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Originally published London 1920. The author was a well known livestock judge and wrote several acclaimed books on sheep and farming. This book was particularly well received by sheep farmers in Britain and abroad. The well illustrated contents include: - Indigenous Breeds - Influence of the Breed Maker - Breeds and their Modification - Sheep Census - Down and Horn Breeds - Hill and Heath Breeds - Longwools - Crosses and Cross Breeding - Selection of a Breed - Points and Nomenclature of Sheep - The Ram and Ewe - Food and Feeding - A Year with Ewes - Tegs - Shearing - Management - Management on Chalks, Grass, Marshland and Hill - British Wools - Diseases - Sections of the Flock. Etc. Many of the earliest farming books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork