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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
COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
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