Of Gardens Book

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: By Francis Bacon OF GARDENS: An Essay. With an Introduftion by Helen Milman (Mrs. Caldwell Crofton). Frontispiece and Cover-Design by Edmund H. New. 16010.7 5 cents net. This edition of the great chancellor's leisure-essay, issued by one of the first garden-writers of to-day, makes a delightful volume for lovers of garden literature. By J. D. Sedding GARDEN CRAFT, OLD AND NEW. With nine illustrations. 8vo. fz.50 net. A book that treats of a subject much in vogue to-day?the laying out of gardens, formal and "architectural." This is its first appearance in America, though in England it is looked upon almost as a classic. By Forbes Watson FLOWERS AND GARDENS. Edited with an Introduction by Rev. Canon Ellacombe, and with a frontispiece portrait of the author. 1z1110. $1.50 net. This work, long a classic in England, has been out of print for some time and its reappearance will be welcomed by those who know it, as well as by those who desire to become acquainted with it. The author's tender love of Nature is an added charm to his intimate knowledge of her ways. By E. V. B. SEVEN GARDENS AND A PALACE. With nine full-page illustrations by F. L. B. Griggs and Arthur Gordon. izmo. $1.50. By Rev. Canon Ellacombe IN A GLOUCESTERSHIRE GARDEN. With numerous illustrations. 1z1110. $1.50 net. New Edition. This serves ag a sociable and chatty monthly "Vade-mecum" for garden-lovers, to tell them what to sow and when to sow it, and to give advice of every useful kind pertaining to the subject. IN MY VICARAGE GARDEN. izmo. $1.50 net. This volume is in preparation. Those who know the charm of the author's style will look forward to a new work from the same pen. Illustrations are being executed by a well-known artist. By Helen Milman (Mrs. Galdwell Crofton) IN...Read More