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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