| Autore |
Bailey L. H (Liberty Hyde), <1858-1954, >
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| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2019]
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (316 pages)
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| Disciplina |
635
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| Collana |
Cornell scholarship online
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| Soggetto topico |
Gardens
Gardening
GARDENING - Essays
GARDENING - Essays & Narratives
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| Soggetto genere / forma |
Literary collections.
Electronic books.
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| Soggetto non controllato |
Liberty Hyde Bailey, gardening, environmentalism, philosophy, horticulture, ecology, agricultural journalism
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| ISBN |
1-5017-4027-X
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Preface / John Lindstrom ; Introduction / John Stempien -- I: The garden in the mind. General advice ; To one who hath no garden ; The common natural history ; The importance of seeing correctly ; A reverie of gardens ; The feeling for plants ; Planting a plant ; Gardening and its future ; Undertone -- II: The growing of the plants. The miracle ; How to make a garden : the first lesson ; The home garden ; How to make a garden : digging in the dirt ; The growing of plants by children : the school-garden ; 307 ; The spirit of the garden ; Oak ; The principles of pruning ; The weather ; What is a weed? ; White clover -- III: Flowers. Blossoms ; The symbolism of flowers ; Extrinsic and intrinsic views of nature ; The flower-growing should be part of the design ; Annuals: the best kinds and how to grow them ; Campanula -- IV: Fruits & vegetables. The admiration of good materials ; The affection for the work ; The growing of the vegetable plants ; The fruit-garden ; Peach ; Where there is no apple-tree ; Apple-year -- V: Spring to winter. The garden flows ; The new year ; The dandelion ; The apple-tree in the landscape ; from Lessons of to-day ; Leaves ; The garden of gourds ; Lesson I: The pumpkin ; November: June ; An outlook on winter ; Midwinter ; Greenhouse in the snow ; The garden of pinks ; December ; VI: Epilogue. Marvels at our feet ; Society of the Holy Earth -- Appendix I: The garden fence -- Appendix II: Books by Liberty Hyde Bailey.
The garden in the mind -- The growing of the plants -- Flowers -- Fruits & vegetables -- Spring to winter -- Epilogue.
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793603503321 |
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The Liberty Hyde Bailey Gardener's Companion : Essential Writings / / edited by John A. Stempien and John Linstrom
