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FA Vintage Illustrated Edwardian cottage Gardening 1913
Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Garden Flowers by John Wood,undated
but inscription for 1913, VGC, 330 pages. Apart from being the most attractive book,this is an extremely thorough manual on the traditional gardening techniques of the early 1900s.Contains some superb quality enravings throughout. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...e=STRK:MESE:IT |
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FA Vintage Illustrated Edwardian cottage Gardening 1913
In message , Martin
writes On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:00:14 -0700 (PDT), Alys wrote: Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Garden Flowers by John Wood,undated but inscription for 1913, VGC, 330 pages. Apart from being the most attractive book,this is an extremely thorough manual on the traditional gardening techniques of the early 1900s.Contains some superb quality enravings throughout. Available in UK and USA from GBP 13 including P&P http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Sear...d&sts=t&tn=Har dy+Perennials+and+Old+Fashioned+Garden+Flowers&x= 61&y=13 Available (1884 edn) for free download. http://www.archive.org/details/hardy...also00woodrich I expect that it's out of copyright in the UK as well as in the USA. 1897 edn can be read at http://www.google.com/books?id=HI1Nb...+Perennials+an d+Old+Fashioned+Garden+Flowers%22&lr=&num=100&as_b rr=0&source=gbs_summary _s&cad=0 Available as HTML at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18913 -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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FA Vintage Illustrated Edwardian cottage Gardening 1913
In message , Martin
writes On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:45:24 +0100, Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote: In message , Martin writes On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:00:14 -0700 (PDT), Alys wrote: Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Garden Flowers by John Wood,undated but inscription for 1913, VGC, 330 pages. Apart from being the most attractive book,this is an extremely thorough manual on the traditional gardening techniques of the early 1900s.Contains some superb quality enravings throughout. Available in UK and USA from GBP 13 including P&P http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Sear...d&sts=t&tn=Har dy+Perennials+and+Old+Fashioned+Garden+Flowers& x=61&y=13 Available (1884 edn) for free download. http://www.archive.org/details/hardy...also00woodrich I expect that it's out of copyright in the UK as well as in the USA. 1897 edn can be read at http://www.google.com/books?id=HI1Nb...+Perennials+an d+Old+Fashioned+Garden+Flowers%22&lr=&num=100&as _brr=0&source=gbs_summary _s&cad=0 Available as HTML at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18913 LOL it gets better and better. Maybe we could come to an arrangement with her where she identifies interesting books and we find a cheap/free source ourselves. It's still needs a lot of beating into shape, but I've made a start on a guide to online botanical literature. http://www.stewart.hinsley.me.uk/Literature/Intro.php PS: The URL might well be changed in the future. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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