The Garden Book of California

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The Garden Book of California

Belle Sumner Angier - 1906

Gustav's Library Vintage Reprint

An early treatise on the California Garden by Belle Sumner Angier.

6-1/2" x 9", soft cover, facsimile reprint, 141 pages of text and 20 full page photographs $14.95

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Table of Contents

The Flower Garden as a Factor in Home-Making
Simple Gardening Methods
A Planting-Time Calendar
The Culture of Common Plants
Little Brown Bulbs
Palms and Tropical Plants
Rose Culture in California
Ferns and Ferneries
The Mission of the Vine
Boundaries — Necessary and Needless
Tree-Planting and Protection
Insecticides and Plant Diseases
Back-Yard Problems
Out-of-Door Living Rooms
The Equipment of the Aviary
Native Trees, Shrubs and Flowers

Illustrations

An Enclosed Garden
"Humoring Nature"
Terraced Lawn
A Garden Retreat
Marguerite Hedge
A Garden Walk
The Palm and the Pine
A Southern Rose Bower
An Out-of-Door Fernery
A Climbing Garden
Window Gardening
Vine-Covered Building
Entrance to a Garden
Avenue of Eucalyptis
Roadside Trees
A Flower Garden in the Air
Garden Architecture
A Pergola Outlook
An Italian Garden
A Garden Landscape