Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) / A Practical Guide to the Making of Home Grounds and the Growing of Flowers, Fruits, and Vegetables for Home Use
L. H. Bailey
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Book language: English
459 pages
Manual of Gardening is L. H. Bailey's practical guide to planning and tending home grounds, from lawns and borders to flowers, fruits, and vegetables. It offers clear, experienced advice on garden design, soil, tools, and seasonal care. Listeners interested in traditional horticulture will find it a useful and calming reference.
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Manual of Gardening A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE MAKING OF HOME GROUNDS AND THE GROWING OF FLOWERS, FRUITS, AND VEGETABLES FOR HOME USE by L. H. Bailey SECOND EDITION 1910 Contents EXPLANATION CHAPTER I. THE POINT OF VIEW What a garden is CHAPTER II. THE GENERAL PLAN OR THEORY OF THE PLACE The plan of the grounds The picture in the landscape Birds; and cats The planting is part of the design or picture The flower-growing should be part of the design
Defects in flower-growing Lawn flower-beds Flower-borders The old-fashioned garden Contents of the flower-borders The value of plants may lie in foliage and form rather than in bloom Odd and formal trees Poplars and the like Plant-forms Various specific examples An example Another example A third example A small back yard A city lot General remarks Review CHAPTER III. EXECUTION OF SOME OF THE LANDSCAPE FEATURES The grading The terrace The bounding lines Walks and drives The question of drainage, curbing, and gutters The materials Making the borders Making the lawn Preparing the ground The kind of grass When and how to sow the seed Securing a firm sod The mowing Fall treatment
Spring treatment Watering lawns Sodding the lawn A combination of sodding and seeding Sowing with sod Other ground covers CHAPTER IV. THE HANDLING OF THE LAND The draining of the land Trenching and subsoiling Preparation of the surface The saving of moisture Hand tools for weeding and subsequent tillage and other hand work The hoe Scarifiers Hand-weeders Trowels and their kind Rollers Markers Enriching the land CHAPTER V. THE HANDLING OF THE PLANTS Sowing the seeds Propagating by cuttings Dormant stem-cuttings Cuttings of roots Green cuttings Cuttings of leaves General treatment Transplanting young seedlings Transplanting established plants and trees Tub-plants When to transplant
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