Amateur Gardencraft, by Eben E. Rexford

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Title: Amateur Gardencraft A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover

Author: Eben E. Rexford

Release Date: May 1, 2008 [EBook #25278]

Language: English

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AMATEUR GARDENCRAFT

[Illustration:

Not wholly in the busy world, nor quite Beyond it, blooms the garden that I love

Tennyson]

AMATEUR GARDENCRAFT

A BOOK FOR THE HOME-MAKER AND GARDEN LOVER

BY EBEN E. REXFORD

WITH 34 ILLUSTRATIONS

[Illustration]

PHILADELPHIA & LONDON J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 1912

PUBLISHED FEBRUARY, 1912

PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS PHILADELPHIA, U.S.A.

FOREWORD

The home that affords the most pleasure to its owner is the one which is largely the result of personal effort in the development of its possibilities. The "ready-made home," if I may be allowed the expression, may be equally as comfortable, from the s

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