Handy Book of the Flower-garden: Being Practical Directions for the Propagation, Culture and Arrangement of Plants in Flower-gardens All the Year Round |
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Page 445 - M'INTOSH. The Book of the Garden. By CHARLES M'!NTOSH, formerly Curator of the Royal Gardens of his Majesty the King of the Belgians, and lately of those of his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, KG, at Dalkeith Palace. Two large vols. royal 8vo, embellished with 1350 Engravings. £4, 7s. 6d. VoL I. On the Formation of Gardens and Construction of Garden Edifices.
Page 443 - Illustrations, 7s. 6d. Cultivated Plants : Their Propagation and Improvement. Including Natural and Artificial Hybridisation, Raising from Seed, Cuttings, and Layers, Grafting and Budding, as applied to the Families and Genera in Cultivation.
Page 445 - M'lntosh, formerly Curator of the Royal Gardens of his Majesty the King of the Belgians, and lately of those of his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, KG , at Dalkeith Palace. In two large vols. royal 8vo, embellished with 1350 Engravings. The work is divided into two great sections, each occupying a volume — the first comprising the formation, arrangement, and laying out of gardens, and the construction of garden buildings ; the second treating of the theory and practice of horticulture. Sold separately...