Color fold-out charts follow text

Holland, Leicester Bodine

The Garden Bluebook: A Manual of the Perennial Garden [Blue Book]

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. Item #2344338

Reprint. Two inch tear along top edge of front jacket panel, jacket stained, jacket edges rubbed with some small chips. Stain along top edge of pages.

234 pp. Color fold-out charts follow text. "This is a complete book of reference containing all the practical, needed information about the two hundred hardy perennials. Its distinguishing feature is a color chart which shows at a glance the height, the time of blooming, the color of bloom, preference for sun or shade, wet or dry soil, fragrance, cutting qualities... In addition to this chart, there is a page given to each perennial, on which there is a photographic reproduction of the plant together with text setting forth its character, description, cultural directions, and enemies, all carefully enumerated."

Price: $15.00