Item #419558 The book of garden management : comprising information on laying-out and planting gardens. Samuel Orchart Beeton.

The book of garden management : comprising information on laying-out and planting gardens

1870, 1st edition. London : Ward, Lock & Co. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth-backed buckram. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Some foxing to spine cover. Scattered foxing internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #419558

Date is suggested. Physical description: 84 pages, 24 cm. Notes: "Fruit, flower, and kitchen garden management. Building, arranging, and management of greenhouses, and other garden structures. Decorative gardens. Spade husbandry and allotment cultivation. Monthly operations in each department. Orchard cultivation, and management of orchard-houses. The management of bees. Illustrated by many wood engravings." Subjects: Gardening Great Britain; Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Gardens; Horticulture.

Price: €85.00

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