This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ... this variety I have about 100 plants. I am daily expecting another 1,000 of PhaIrenopsis in variety, which I collected on my recent trip to the Philippines. R. SCHIFFMAN.N. A FIELD DAY AT PHILADELPHIA. One of the most interesting events of the New Year for gardeners, florists and farmers will be the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ... this variety I have about 100 plants. I am daily expecting another 1,000 of PhaIrenopsis in variety, which I collected on my recent trip to the Philippines. R. SCHIFFMAN.N. A FIELD DAY AT PHILADELPHIA. One of the most interesting events of the New Year for gardeners, florists and farmers will be the annual institute meeting at Horticultural Hall January 1!), which is also the date of the regular monthly meeting of the Horticultural Society. It will be a combined institute meeting, society meeting and exhibition. The meetings will begin at 2 p. in. with an address of welcome by the chairman. Edwin Lonsdale. Ernst Hemming will be the first speaker at the afternoon session. His subject will be "The Old Fashioned Flower Garden," and those who remember his interesting talk on herbaceous plants before the Florists' Club are looking forward to hearing something very good from him on this new subject. J. H. Peachy, who is one of the institute lecturers, will speak on "The Making of a Farmer," and will no doubt also tell us how to keep the farmer on the farm once He's made. J. Otto Thilowhas "Improvements in Vegetables of the Past Decade" for his subject. He is one of the chiefs of the great Dreer establishments, the connections of which are world wide and which have for nearly seventy years been the pioneers in the introduction of new and improved varieties of fruits, flowers and vegetables to the planters in this country. James Boyd, one of Philadelphia's fortunate business men who can snatch time enough from his factory or office for foreign travel, will tell what he saw in a recent trip through Syria and Egypt that is interesting to the lover of fine flowers or fine gardens, and as Mr. Boyd is an ardent plant...
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Add this copy of Gardening, Volume 12 to cart. $56.22, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Nabu Press.
