Thorough cultivation instructions for over 500 shrubs, trees, annuals, perennials, herbs, and vegetables, plus instructions for arranging, cutting, forcing, and more. Will help you design a garden that provides a variety of colors, blooms, and forms in a harmonious scheme. Specific instructions for drying 371 different plants. 33 photographs, 142 drawings.
Plants of Colonial Days by Raymond L. Taylor Detailed line drawings, Latin and common names, physical descriptions and anecdotes for 160 trees, shrubs and flowers found in the restored gardens of Colonial Williamsburg.
A Gardener’s Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins by A. W. Smith First compact dictionary to combine definitions of botanical names in general usage with derivation, facts, and lore, plus guides to pronunciation. Index provides cross-reference of 1,800 common plant names to corresponding botanical ones.
Wildflowers Bookmarks: 12 Designs by Annika Bernhard Each of these colorful placekeepers features a realistically rendered wildflower, among them evening primrose, clover, wild lupine, Indian paintbrush, wild rose, and black-eyed Susan.
The Art and Science of Homeopathic Medicine by James Tyler Kent Summarizes, interprets, systematizes the traditions of homeopathy; describes how to take a case history and study it; explains how to interpret reactions to therapy and achieve a scientific understanding of a cure.
