Gardening
About Orchids, a Chat
This is not a manual of instruction for orchid growers; though there are many hints on cultivation, and a few paragraphs on how to hybridize…
Organic Gardener's Composting
The art and science of composting is presented in a humorous and readable manner from the basic elements to the in-depth science. An entire …
Making a Rock Garden
A short look at building a rock garden, right from the rocks themselves and how to arrange them, to choosing and placing the plants, touchin…
Home Vegetable Gardening
Either as hobby or a great economic help, home vegetable gardens are valued. With spare time limited, this book is a great aid to those who …
Gardening Without Irrigation
Gardening expert Steve Solomon has written extensively on gardening techniques for the home gardener. Water conservation is the focus of thi…
Wood and Garden
Wood and Garden reads like a walk through the garden with renowned garden designer Gertrude Jekyll as she discusses her plant choices and pl…
Culinary Herbs
This book describes use and care, and growing of herbs for cooking, healing and other interesting miscellaneous information related to herbs…
The Family Kitchen Gardener
The Family Kitchen Gardener contains plain and accurate descriptions (ca 1847) of all the different species and varieties of specifically Am…
Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement
This book is not a technical treatise and is designed only to point out the plain, every-day facts in the natural scheme of making and keepi…
The Flower Garden
This book is a good reference on the perennial flower gardening and landscaping. It contains information on growing the plants from seed and…
The Vegetable Garden
The Vegetable Garden by Ida Dandridge Bennett is a comprehensive guide that delves into the art and science of vegetable gardening. Publishe…
Dwarf Fruit Trees
This book is a handbook for the home orchardist. The propagation, pruning, choice of variety, and management of dwarf fruit trees, specifica…
ABC of Vegetable Gardening
ABC of Vegetable Gardening by Eben Eugene Rexford is a comprehensive guide designed to help both novice and experienced gardeners cultivate …
Making Home Profitable
A new life in the country was another chance for Kate Saint Maur and her husband after a business failure left them in dire straits in the c…
The Home Acre
To tens of thousands of bread-winners in cities a country home is the dream of the future, the crown and reward of their life-toil. Increasi…
Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants
When the price of Ginseng advanced some years ago hundreds engaged in the business who knew little or nothing of farming, plant raising and …
Dissertation on Oriental Gardening
A little essay on the Chinese style of gardening, as opposed to the continental style, which the author finds too formal with too many strai…
Talks About Flowers
To all Flower Lovers who may read these pages, we come with kindly greetings. To you we dedicate our Work. Encouraged by the many testimonia…
The New-York Gardener
A series of twelve letters from a proud father to a son who has just bought his own farm. The author instructs "my dear son" not t…
Three Acres and Liberty
It (this book) shows what is needed for a city man or woman to support a family on the proceeds of a little bit of land; it shows how in tru…