1874 PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE - Cultivation of Florist's Plants, Illustrated, VG

Description: "PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE - A Guide to the Successful Cultivation of Florists' Plants, for the Amateur and Professional Florist" by Peter Henderson. 1874; Orange Judd Company; New York. Richly illustrated with numerous figures (some of which are full-page). The contents are as follows: Aspect and Soil; Laying out the Lawn and Flower Garden; Designs for Ornamental Grounds; Planting of Flower Beds; Soils for Potting; Temperature and Moisture; The Potting of Plants; Cold Frames - Winter Protection; Construction of Hot-Beds; Green-house Structures; Green-houses Attached to Dwellings; Modes of Heating; Base-Burning Water-Heater; Propagation of Plants by Seeds; What Varieties come True from Seed; Propagation of Plants by Cuttings; How Plants and Flowers are Grown; Propagation of Lilies; Culture of the Rose; Culture of the Verbena; Culture of the Tuberose; Orchid Culture; Holland Bulbs; Cape Bulbs, Varieties and Culture; Culture of Winter-flowering Plants; Construction of Bouquets, Baskets, etc.; Wire Designs for Cut Flowers; Hanging Baskets; Parlor or Window Gardening; Wardian Cases, Ferneries, etc.; Formation of Rock-work; Insects; Are Plants Injurious to Health?; Nature's Law of Colors; Packing Plants; Plants by Mail; The Profits of Floriculture; How to become a Florist; Short Descriptions of Soft-Wooded or Bedding Plants of the Leading Kinds; What Flowers will Grow in the Shade?; Green-house and Stove, or Hot-house, Plants; Annuals, Hardy Herbaceous, Perennial and Biennial Plants, Ornamental Shrubs and Climbers; Culture of Grape-Vines under Glass; Diary of Operations for Each Day in the Year.

Price: 55 USD

Location: Merrimack, New Hampshire

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