Plants And Flowers As Ornament

Author : Henry T. Williams
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330045541
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book Window Gardening written by Henry T. Williams and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-12 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Window Gardening: Devoted Specially to the Culture of Flowers and Ornamental Plants for Indoor Use and Parlor Decoration The taste for Window Gardening and tho plant decoration of apartments is becoming universal: scarcely a cottage or villa but has its attempts, whether simple or elaborate, to decorate the windows, tho porch, or the balcony with some few flower-pots or climbing vines; it is a sign of healthy sentiment, for the presence of flowers always aids in the development of refinement and an elevated taste. This volume has been written specially as a help and an encouragement to ladies and all flower-lovers, to assist them with judicious hints and suggestions in their efforts to make homo more beautiful by tho use of plants around their windows or balconies. With the exception of a very few pages, properly credited to English writers (Mr. Robinson and Shirley Hibberd, upon subjects as yet unfamiliar to American readers), the literary matter of this volume is entirely original, being contributed by tho Editor, and assisted by several American writers, enthusiastic flower lovers, who have cheerfully written articles on special topics. Tho aim has been to produce a volume suited to American uses, which would bo simple, reliable, adapted to the needs of amateurs and beginners in homo plant culture, yet abundant in suggestions of tho many ways to render home attractive. Previous editions of this volume have been called for rapidly, and received with marked pleasure, and it 13 hoped that, in this new edition, where the errors of former editions have been corrected, tho reader will still continue to show favor toward a work Issued rather for the public good than the personal emolument of tho author. Should the interested reader feel pleased with this little testimonial to one of the most beautiful of all departments of flower culture, and tho desire of the author to foster the fancy for window ornament, ho will not regret his effort to add some definite encouragement to the more extensive development of rural taste. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.