Beautiful flower garden, its treatment with special regard for the picturesque, written and embellished with numerous illustrations by F. Schuyler Mathews, with notes on practical floriculture by A.H. Fewkes, 3rd ed., published by W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Date

1896

GUSN

GUSN-347726

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Ephemera collection
Product catalogues
Agriculture and landscaping
Landscape architecture and gardening
Beautiful flower garden, its treatment with special regard for the picturesque, written and embellished with numerous illustrations by F. Schuyler Mathews, with notes on practical floriculture by A.H. Fewkes, 3rd ed., published by W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Ephemera collection
- Product catalogues
  - Agriculture and landscaping
    - Landscape architecture and gardening

Description

The book covers flower gardening from garden plans, color harmony and landscaping to the types of flowers which can be planted. The front cover is detached.

Details

Descriptive Terms

gardening
flowers (plants)
landscape architecture
planting plans
books

Physical Description

1 book, 191 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 7 1/2 x 5 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.12.001.004.179

Image Dimensions

7 1/2 x 5 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2017.

Places

Philadelphia (Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania)

Record Details

Originator

Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938 (Author)
Wm. F. Fell & Co. (Printer)

Material Type

books

Description Level

Item

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