Item #902132 Window Gardening. Devoted Specially to the Culture of Flowers and Ornamental Plants, for In Door Use and Parlor Decoration. Henry T. Williams.
Window Gardening. Devoted Specially to the Culture of Flowers and Ornamental Plants, for In Door Use and Parlor Decoration
Window Gardening. Devoted Specially to the Culture of Flowers and Ornamental Plants, for In Door Use and Parlor Decoration
Window Gardening. Devoted Specially to the Culture of Flowers and Ornamental Plants, for In Door Use and Parlor Decoration

Window Gardening. Devoted Specially to the Culture of Flowers and Ornamental Plants, for In Door Use and Parlor Decoration

New York: Henry T. Williams, 1873.
Twelfth Edition. Hardcover.

An illustrated guide to Victorian home decoration with plants, vines or flowers, containing a descriptive list of all plants suitable for window culture. Includes instructions on best selection of plants for baskets, ferneries and Wardian cases, and with chapters devoted to hanging baskets, climbing vines, smilax, and ivy for decoration purposes. Bulbs for house culture are fully described as are ornamental plants for dinner table decoration, balcony gardens, house top gardening, watering plants, home conservatories, fountains, vases, flower stands, soil, air temperature, propagation, floral boxes, aquaria, rustic conveniences for household ornament, and directions in detail for the general management of indoor plants throughout the seasons.

Item #902132

6 x 8-1/2", embossed green cloth with gilt and black titling and decoration, brown endpapers, 302pp, 10pp ads, index, 250 engravings.

Ink owner's name first paste-down endpaper else clean of owner's marks, a bit of wear to spine ends and corners, a bit of faint spotting to front board, tight and square, generally very good.

Price: $90.00

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