The Liberty Hyde Bailey gardener's companion : essential writings / edited by John A. Stempien and John Linstrom.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The garden in the mind -- The growing of the plants -- Flowers -- Fruits & vegetables -- Spring to winter -- Epilogue.

Preface / John Lindstrom ; Introduction / John Stempien -- I: The garden in the mind. General advice ; To one who hath no garden ; The common natural history ; The importance of seeing correctly ; A reverie of gardens ; The feeling for plants ; Planting a plant ; Gardening and its future ; Undertone -- II: The growing of the plants. The miracle ; How to make a garden : the first lesson ; The home garden ; How to make a garden : digging in the dirt ; The growing of plants by children : the school-garden ; 307 ; The spirit of the garden ; Oak ; The principles of pruning ; The weather ; What is a weed? ; White clover -- III: Flowers. Blossoms ; The symbolism of flowers ; Extrinsic and intrinsic views of nature ; The flower-growing should be part of the design ; Annuals: the best kinds and how to grow them ; Campanula -- IV: Fruits & vegetables. The admiration of good materials ; The affection for the work ; The growing of the vegetable plants ; The fruit-garden ; Peach ; Where there is no apple-tree ; Apple-year -- V: Spring to winter. The garden flows ; The new year ; The dandelion ; The apple-tree in the landscape ; from Lessons of to-day ; Leaves ; The garden of gourds ; Lesson I: The pumpkin ; November: June ; An outlook on winter ; Midwinter ; Greenhouse in the snow ; The garden of pinks ; December ; VI: Epilogue. Marvels at our feet ; Society of the Holy Earth -- Appendix I: The garden fence -- Appendix II: Books by Liberty Hyde Bailey.

"An anthology of literary garden writings of Liberty Hyde Bailey, considered the father of modern horticulture. Included are essays and poems from his literary and philosophical books, essays from periodicals, and an essay that he read over nationalized radio in 1930 that has never before appeared in print"-- Provided by publisher.

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