THE NEW PRACTICAL WINDOW GARDENER : Being Practical Directions for the Cultivation of Flowering and Foliage Plants in Windows and Glazed Cases, and the Arrangement of Plants and Flowers for the Embellishment of the House

Mollison, John R.

Published by Groombridge and Sons, London, 1870

About this Item

Interesting and Practical book. Includes: Filling Window Boxes; Propagation & Training; Window Greenhouse; Potting & Watering; Bulbous, Rooted and Rock Plants; Greenhouse Ferns and Mosses; Plant Growing in Wardian CasesBalcony & Area Gardening; Floral Decoration of Rooms, Halls & Passages, and more. Well illustrated with 2 lovely Full-Page Chromolithograph Plates and many B&W In-Text and Full-Page illustrations. Period Blue cloth cover with Gilt and Black Floral Window scene with the curtains as brown pastedowns (unusual and attractive). Similar scene on spine. Gilt lettering on front & spine. Beveled Edges. All page edges gilt. 204 p. pages + Publisher's adverts. 7 1/2" Tall. Some fading to cloth. 2 small bits missing from the pastedown drapes. Hinges cracked. Text block firm. No inscriptions.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE NEW PRACTICAL WINDOW GARDENER : Being Practical Directions for the Cultivation of Flowering and Foliage Plants in Windows and Glazed Cases, and the Arrangement of Plants and Flowers for the Embellishment of the House
• Publisher: Groombridge and Sons, London
• Publication Date: 1870
• Binding: Decorative Cloth
• Condition: Good+