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VINTAGE BOOK LOT (1940s, 1950s, 1960s) - Three (3) Books on Flower Arranging, Bottle Gardens, and Small Greenhouses

VINTAGE BOOK LOT (1940s, 1950s, 1960s) - Three (3) Books on Flower Arranging, Bottle Gardens, and Small Greenhouses

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READING / WORKING COPIES
LOT OF THREE (3) NONFICTION BOOKS ON GARDENING AND FLOWER ARRANGEMENT
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TWO (2) EX-LIBRARY BOOKS / ONE (1) PRE-OWNED BOOK

BOOK ONE:

* TITLE: Bottle Gardens and Fern Cases
* AUTHOR: Anne Ashberry
* ILLUSTRATIONS BY: N. Creina Glegg
* PUBLISHER: Bonanza Books
* DATE: 1964
* PAGES: 120
* SIZE: 8 3/8” x 6 6/8”
* INCLUDES: Illustrations, Contents, Index.
* SUMMARY: 
(From the dust jacket) "A beautiful and practical book re-introducing a fascinating hobby. Many English ferns and mosses, as well as some of the more delicate and exotic plants from the florist, will flourish with a minimum of attention in the moist atmosphere of a glass container. Adapting the Victorian vogue for Wardian cases, Miss Ashberry has produced charming miniature gardens and landscapes growing in cedar flagons, carboys, goldfish bowls, glass sweet-jars, and beneath bell globes. The results, shown in the choice photographs and drawings which perfectly match the text, range from decorative pieces that would grace a drawing-room to practical and pleasant herb bottles for the kitchen window-sill."

* CHAPTERS ON:
  • Advantages & Disadvantages
  • Planting a Bottle Garden
  • Ferns
  • Filmy Ferns, Selaginellas, Mosses, Liverworts and Lichens
  • Experiments with Non-flowering Plants
  • Containers, Covers and Planting
  • House Plants, Alpines, Miniature Roses, Shrubs and Conifers
  • Further Experiments
  • Fern Columns and Herb Bottles
* CONDITION: 
  • Ex-Library Book
  • This 1964 gardening book is in FAIR - GOOD condition. 
  • Page 58 has a 1/4" pen mark at bottom.
  • All other pages are free of pencil / pen marks.
  • No rips or tears.
  • Dust jacket is covered with Mylar.
  • DJ shows evidence of wear / handling from heavy use.
  • Book has the usual signs of being a library discard. 
  • Binding not extremely tight, but not detached.

BOOK TWO:

* TITLE: Gardening In A Small Greenhouse
* AUTHORS: Mary Noble & J. L. Merkel
* PUBLISHER: D. Van Nostrand Co.
* DATE: 1956
* PAGES: xiii, 236
* SIZE: 9 1/4” x 6 1/4”
* INCLUDES: Illustrations & Charts, List of Illustrations, Contents, Index.

* SUMMARY: 
(From the Preface) "This book on gardening in a greenhouse is for people in two categories: (1) those who have greenhouses, and (2) those who want greenhouses. It will help you to understand why you do what you do, and perhaps make changes in past procedures that will result in better plant growth. Although the title indicates that the book is primarily intended for the owner of a small greenhouse, if you are a commercial grower or have a large house, you will find it just as useful. The basic principles of plant growth and greenhouse management as discussed here apply to any size structure - from a Wardian case to a greenhouse 100 feet long."

* SECTIONS ON:
  • THE GREENHOUSE - design & construction, location of the greenhouse, shade houses, miniature greenhouses, equipment
  • MANAGING THE GREENHOUSE - routine operations, special techniques, friends & enemies
  • GREENHOUSE PLANTS - plants for the tropical greenhouse, plants for the cool greenhouse
* CONDITION: 
  • Ex-Library Book
  • This 1956 gardening book is in FAIR condition. 
  • The back endpaper has been torn out.
  • Page 13-14 has a section torn out.
  • Mostly clean pages, but with some stray pencil marks, dirt.
  • It appears that some pages throughout may have been wet - then dried.
  • No dust jacket.
  • Book has the usual signs of being a library discard. 
  • Binding is loose, but not detached.

BOOK THREE:

* TITLE: Let Us Arrange: South African Flowers
* AUTHOR: Hettie Smuts
* PUBLISHER: Nasionale Pers, Cape Town
* DATE: 1947
* PAGES: 99
* SIZE: 9 3/8” x 6 7/8”
* INCLUDES: Illustrations, List of Illustrations, Contents, Index.

* SUMMARY: 
(From the Introduction) "This work is not a technical treatise. It is offered as a simple manual to the laywoman in the hope that it will be helpful to her in the problems continually arising in the decoration of the home. It contains suggestions made not only to those who love flowers and gardens and those who wish to exhibit at flower shows, but also to housewives who wish to develop further the skill and the style they may already master."

* CONTENTS:
  • Colour / Blending Your Colour
  • Wood and Materials / Floral Schemes In Relation To Woods
  • Bowls and Wires
  • Cutting and Caring For Flowers and Foliage / Foliage and Berries
  • General Hints / Flower Arrangements
  • Bowl Effects (miniature, medium-low bowls, tall bowls)
  • Arranged Bowl For Breakfast Table / Luncheon Table Decorations / Dinner Table Decoration
  • Basket Of Flowers / Jug or Jar / Vase / Hanging Baskets / Presentation Basket
  • Frontal Effects / Big Effects / Stage Effects
  • Weddings And Other Public Functions
  • Still-Life and Original Effects
  • How We Come By Our Materials
  • Dry Decorations / Fruit Decorations
  • Arrangements of Berries And Foliage
  • Wild Flowers
  • Sowing Calendar / The Seasons
  • Questions From Novices
* CONDITION: 
  • Previously Owned / Used.
  • This 1947 book is in POOR condition. 
  • Writing (in ink) on the front loose endpaper.
  • Writing (in pencil) on the back loose endpaper.
  • Old newspaper clipping taped to the back loose endpaper.
  • It appears that some pages throughout may have been wet - then dried.
  • No dust jacket.
  • Cover is damaged, worn, soiled, scratched.
  • Binding is loose.
EACH OF THESE THREE BOOKS ARE IN VARIOUS STATES OF FAIR / POOR CONDITION, BUT TOGETHER HAVE VALUE IN THAT THEY ARE PERFECT FOR GARDENERS WHO ARE LOOKING TO INCREASE THEIR KNOWLEDGE. PERHAPS THEY WILL DO WELL ON A POTTING SHELF OR TABLE!
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