In the ages that were somewhat shadowed, to say the least, when Nature indulged her own wild moods in man and the world he trampled on rather than cultivated, there was a class who in their dreams and futile efforts became the unconscious prophets of our own time-the Alchemists. For centuries they believed they could transmute base metals into gold and silver. Modern knowledge enables us to work changes more beneficial than the alchemist ever dreamed of; and it shall be my aim to make one of these secrets as open as the ...
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In the ages that were somewhat shadowed, to say the least, when Nature indulged her own wild moods in man and the world he trampled on rather than cultivated, there was a class who in their dreams and futile efforts became the unconscious prophets of our own time-the Alchemists. For centuries they believed they could transmute base metals into gold and silver. Modern knowledge enables us to work changes more beneficial than the alchemist ever dreamed of; and it shall be my aim to make one of these secrets as open as the sunlight in the fields and gardens wherein the beautiful mutations occur. To turn iron into gold would be a prosaic, barren process that might result in trouble to all concerned, but to transform heavy black earth and insipid rain-water into edible rubies, with celestial perfume and ambrosial flavor, is indeed an art that appeals to the entire race, and enlists that imperious nether organ which has never lost its power over heart or brain. As long, therefore, as humanity's mouth waters at the thought of morsels more delicious even than "sin under the tongue," I am sure of an audience when I discourse of strawberries and their kindred fruits. If apples led to the loss of Paradise, the reader will find described hereafter a list of fruits that will enable him to reconstruct a bit of Eden, even if the "Fall and all our woe" have left him possessed of merely a city yard. But land in the country, breezy hillsides, moist, sheltered valleys, sunny plains-what opportunities for the divinest form of alchemy are here afforded to hundreds of thousands! Many think of the soil only in connection with the sad words of the burial service-"Earth to earth, ashes to ashes." Let us, while we may, gain more cheerful associations with our kindred dust. For a time it can be earth to strawberry blossoms, ashes to bright red berries, and their color will get into our cheeks and their rich subacid juices into our insipid lives, constituting a mental, moral, and physical alterative that will so change us that we shall believe in evolution and imagine ourselves fit for a higher state of existence. One may delve in the earth so long as to lose all dread at the thought of sleeping in it at last; and the luscious fruits and bright-hued flowers that come out of it, in a way no one can find out, may teach our own resurrection more effectually than do the learned theologians.
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Good. No Jacket. 8vo-7¾"-9¾" Tall. Green cloth boards are rubbed on edges. Free Public Library Lables on end pages. Text pages are clean with no markings.
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Very Good + No Jacket. Clean + bright, looks almost new. Minimal wear, TEG. Innards clean & tight, lightly yellowed, name on IFC + bottom edge. 388 pp. Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall.
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Very Good. 4to. Bound in publishers green cloth. Gilt spine and front board. Good binding and cover. Wear to extremities. Bookplate on front pastedown. Tanned, unmarked pages. Ships daily.
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Good. Size: 0x0x0; Hardcover. NO DUST JACKET. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing to corners. Front hinge is cracked, binding is shaken.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
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Fair. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1880. Quite worn but still attractive copy from 1880, illustrated with engravings. Rear cover stained and spotted, some musty odor. Informative Victorian guide to growing strawberries, several types of raspberries, blackberries, currants, etc., illustrated throughout with small engravings. Pine green cloth over beveled boards with lettering and fruit culture designs (strawberries, raspberries, butterfly, farmers) in gilt and black, 311 pages. Edges rubbed and lightly bumped, mainly the corners and spine ends, considerable spotting and blotching from past moisture exposure onrear cover, hinges good, text block sound, free endpapers spotted and chipped or torn, some foxing to first and final pages, pages generally clean with some finger soil to margins and very light occasional foxing, no names or other markings. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
