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All About African Violets. The Complete Guide to Success with Saintpaulias.
The American Garden Guild and Doubleday & Co., Inc. 1947.
New York, 1951

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8vo. xiii. 304 pgs. Very Good condition hardcover in Good to Very Good jacket. Green cloth with very attractive green and violet floral decoration on spine and boards. Minimal shelf wear externally, clean and unmarked throughout. Jacket is not price-clipped, with edge and corner wear to paper, small chips along edges and an approximately 1.5 x 1.5 inch chip from lower corner of back panel. Color illustrated frontis, with color, black and white and half-tone plates and black and white drawings throughout. Sections: I. What are African Violets?, II. Growing Conditions, III. Soils, IV. Fertilizers, V. Pots and Potting, VI. Watering, VII. Trouble: Avoidance and Cure, VIII. General Care and Growing for Exhibition, IX. Adding to Your Collection, X. Greenhouse Culture, XI. Propagation, XII. Species and Varieties of Saintpaulia, Glossary, Index. #1738.

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All About House Plants. Their Selection, Culture and Propogation, and How Best to Use them for Decorative Effect.
The American Garden Guild and Doubleday & Co., Inc. 1947.
New York, 1947


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8vo. xiii. 329 pgs. Very Good condition hardcover. Sturdy blue cloth with attractive navy and gilt floral design on cover and title pieces. Light edge and corner wear, owner name on front endpaper, else clean and bright throughout.Color illustrated frontis, with color, black and white and half-tone plates and black and white drawings throughout. As well as house-plant descriptives and culture basics, the author, former horticulurist of The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, incorporates much in the way of basic propagative techniques as well as miniature gardens and terrarium culture. Contents: what house plants bring to the home, give them a chance to live, real gardens indoors, window boxes, the collector, terrariums, small plant arrangements, submerged gardens, soils, fertilizers, growing plants without soil, pots and potting, watering, environment, rest periods for house plants, pinching, pruning, training, summer care, propagation, house plant enemies, flowering plants, foliage plants, general list of plants, plants for special conditions. Index. #332.

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