Taming the Wildings
A Book of Cultural Information For Lovers of Our Wild Flowers, Wild Bushes, and Ferns, who Desire to Grow Them for Landscape and Garden Effects, or For Planting in Congenial and Sheltered Retreats Where They Can Be Protected From Their Foes
By Herbert Durand
With a Foreword By Dr. Edgar T. Wherry
President, Washington, D. C., Chapter, Wild Flower Preservation Society of America
Illustrated With 23 Colored Plates and 140 Other Illustrations, All From Photographs Taken in the Wild and Showing the Plants As They Grow in Their Natural Haunts
ILLUSTRATED
FIRST EDITION
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Copyright: 1923
--CONDITION--
This book is in very good condition. Hardcover. This is an antiquarian book that has had a long and illustrious journey through time. Please take a look at the pictures to ascertain the condition and state of this item. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask. Green. cloth boards with titles in gilt. The cover is lightly worn along edges and corners with minimal shelf wear. Hinges tight. Binding sturdy. The text block is crisp and clean. Endpapers are foxed. There is an inscription on the front endpaper. 380 pages -
--ABOUT THIS ITEM--
This is a wonderful vintage gardening book with exquisite illustrations in both color and black and white. Taming the Wildings covers wild gardening in a series of chapters with an emphasis on trees and shrubs, natural soils, ferns, wildflowers, woodland gardening, and more.
Item Dimensions: 7.0 inches x 4.5 inches
LOC B1 S2