Henry Allnutt

Our Flower Garden, How We Made the Most of It; with Instructions As to the Construction of Miniature Ruins, Etc. , for Fern Cases

London, Estates Gazette Office , [1875]. Cloth. Scarce second edition of this pocket sized gardening work by Henry Allnutt, with illustrations. Second edition of this work. Little gardening book by Henry Allnutt, author of numerous gardening volumes. Concerning the growing of vegetables, treatment of wall, flowers, dealing with cats, &c. as well as the construction of miniature ruins for fern cases. Dated from Copac 1875.With illustrations in text. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally smart with minor shelf wear only, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities, faint damp marking to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 824A59

Catalogus: Gardening

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Anon.

C1900 the Weekly Telegraph Gardening Guide

London, Proprietors of the Weekly Telegraph, c1900 . Cloth. Illustrated throughout with charming vignettes, this is the fourth edition of the very scarce 'Telegraph Weekly Gardening Guide&apos. The very scarce fourth edition of the Weekly Telegraph's Gardening Guide, with this work focussed on flower gardening and kitchen gardening, and with an account of the yearly calendar of garden operations.Featuring numerous charming vignette illustrations of plants and vegetables.With the preface remarking that 'this work now enters upon its fourth edition and twentieth thousand copies' and refers to the work as 'an encyclopaedia of permanent use to the English lover of Horticulture', and with alphabetically arranged by plant.With two page of advertisements to the start of the work. Undated; dated via Jisc. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Fading to back strip and joint of front board. front hinge starting, with board holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Instances of foxing throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 816F6

Catalogus: Gardening

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Charles M'Intosh

The Book of the Garden

Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1853. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated set on constructing and cultivating gardens. Complete in two volumes. First edition. A comprehensive high Victorian gardening book with specific reference to creating structures and forming flower, culinary, and fruit gardens, with commentary on a large variety of plants. There are also detailed notes on the use of glasshouses and hothouses in the garden. Volume one is illustrated with a total of thirty-three plates to the rear of the text: fifteen monochromatic plates, two of which are in colour, and eighteen folding plates, two of which are also in colour. Though plate twenty-two is listed in the contents, it was never published and an explanation as to why is included in-text. Collated complete. Volume two is illustrated with many in-text illustrations. Written by Charles M'Intosh, an English plant biologist and writer who established some of the British principles of gardening. Publisher's advertisements to the rear of volume two. Bound by Edmonds & Remnants, London. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, sound with rubbing and bumping to the extremities resulting in light fraying to the cloth. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. A split in the cloth to the front joint of volume one. Both hinges are tender to each volume. Internally, generally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Light spotting to the first and last few pages. Bound by Edmonds & Remnants, London. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 875T1

Catalogus: Gardening

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Charles M'Intosh; Charles McIntosh

The Orchard: Including the Management of Wall and Standard Fruit Trees, and the Forcing Pit

London, Wm. S. Orr and Co, 1839. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautiful and educational work on pomology, illustrated with vivid hand-coloured plates. The first edition. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, a hand-coloured title page, and fourteen hand-coloured plates, as well as some in-text engravings.A vivid horticultural work on the cultivation on fruit trees in orchards.This work focuses on pomology, with chapters dedicated to the growing and health of twenty-five different fruit trees. These included almonds, apples, chestnuts, cucumbers, melons, ulberrys, pomegranates, quinces, and more.Written by Charles M'Intosh, or McIntosh, who was the head gardener to the Duke of Buccleuch at Dalkeith.Collated, bound without plates facing pages 85 and 325. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with light marks to the boards and spine, a little heavier to the rear board. Minor rubbing to the joints and extremities. Spine is a little faded. Rear hinge is starting but firm. Lacking the rear endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and clean with the occasional scattered spot. Bound without two plates. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 884P8

Catalogus: Gardening

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'A Practical Hand'

Villa Gardening

London, The Bazaar Office, c1875. Cloth. A very scarce illustrated handbook to the management of small gardens. With thirteen figures spread out over 9 plates, and illustrations in the text. Dated from original publisher's advertisements to front and rear, which are dated 1875. A short, informative work on the planting and laying out of small gardens. In a cloth binding. Externally, sound with rubbing and marks to boards. Spine browned with wear to head and tail. Light dampstaining to boards. Tidemarks to endpapers and pastedowns. Ink stamp to front free-endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright with scattered spots and tidemarks to first and last few pages. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: GEN16-E-19

Catalogus: Gardening

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