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The Book of Town & Window Gardening

Chapter 21: The Country Handbooks
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A practical handbook offering concise, illustrated guidance for cultivating flowers and foliage in towns and small suburbs. It covers creating and caring for window-boxes, hanging baskets, balconies, roof and back-yard gardens, and small suburban plots; selecting plants that endure smoke and fog; and making economical schemes for working-class and school gardens. Chapters supply step-by-step instructions for beginners, plant lists, seasonal planting and combination ideas, tips on watering, cleaning and placement, and notes on arranging flowers and suburban garden etiquette. Practical case studies and photographs demonstrate solutions for limited space and polluted urban conditions.

The Country Handbooks

An Illustrated Series of Practical Handbooks dealing with Country Life. Suitable for the Pocket or Knapsack.

Edited by HARRY ROBERTS

Fcap. 8vo (6½ by 4 in.).

Price 3s. net, bound in Limp Cloth. $1.00 net.

Price 4s. net, bound in Limp Leather. $1.20 net.

Vol. I.—The Tramp’s Handbook. By Harry Roberts. With over fifty Illustrations by Walter Pascoe.

A volume written in defence of vagabondage, containing much valuable advice to the amateur gipsy, traveller, or cyclist, as to camping-out, cooking, etc.

Vol. II.—The Motor Book. By R. T. Mecredy. With numerous Illustrations.

An invaluable handbook that should find a place in the library of every motorist, or even in the car itself.

Vol. III.—The Tree Book. By Mary Rowles Jarvis.

Containing varied and useful information relating to forests, together with a special chapter on Practical Forestry.

Vol. IV.—The Still Room. By Mrs. Charles Roundell.

A book of information upon all subjects pertaining to preserving, pickling, bottling, distilling, &c., with many useful hints upon the dairy.

Vol. V.—The Bird Book. By A. J. R. Roberts.

A guide to the study of bird life, with hints as to recognising various species by their flight or their note.

Vol. VI.—The Woman Out of Doors. By Ménie Muriel Dowie.

A book of practical value and interest to every sportswoman, lady gardener, and out-of-door woman of every kind.

Vol. VII.—The Stable Handbook.

Vol. VIII.—The Fisherman’s Handbook. By Edgar Shrubsole.

JOHN LANE, LONDON AND NEW YORK