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The Liberty Hyde Bailey Gardener's Companion : Essential Writings / Liberty Hyde Bailey; ed. by John A. Stempien, John Linstrom.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]Copyright date: 2019Description: 1 online resource (320 p.) : 21 b&w halftones, 1 b&w line drawing, 1 chartContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501740275
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 635 23
LOC classification:
  • SB455.3
  • SB455.3 .B35 2020
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. The Garden in the Mind -- II. The Growing of the Plants -- III. Flowers -- IV. Fruits & Vegetables -- V. Spring to Winter -- VI. Epilogue -- Appendix I: The Garden Fence -- Appendix II: Books by Liberty Hyde Bailey -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: "Every family can have a garden." -Liberty Hyde BaileyFinally, the best and most accessible garden writings of perhaps the most influential literary gardener of the twentieth century have been brought together in one book. Philosopher, poet, naturist, educator, agrarian, scientist, and garden-lover par excellence Liberty Hyde Bailey built a reputation as the Father of Modern Horticulture and evangelist for what he called the "garden-sentiment"—the desire to raise plants from the good earth for the sheer joy of it and for the love of the plants themselves. Bailey's perennial call to all of us to get outside and get our hands dirty, old or young, green thumb or no, is just as fresh and stirring today as then.Full of timeless wit and grace, The Liberty Hyde Bailey Gardener's Companion collects essays and poems from Bailey's many books on gardening, as well as from newspapers and magazines from the era. Whether you've been gardening for decades or are searching for your first inspiration, Bailey's words will make an ideal companion on your journey.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. The Garden in the Mind -- II. The Growing of the Plants -- III. Flowers -- IV. Fruits & Vegetables -- V. Spring to Winter -- VI. Epilogue -- Appendix I: The Garden Fence -- Appendix II: Books by Liberty Hyde Bailey -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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"Every family can have a garden." -Liberty Hyde BaileyFinally, the best and most accessible garden writings of perhaps the most influential literary gardener of the twentieth century have been brought together in one book. Philosopher, poet, naturist, educator, agrarian, scientist, and garden-lover par excellence Liberty Hyde Bailey built a reputation as the Father of Modern Horticulture and evangelist for what he called the "garden-sentiment"—the desire to raise plants from the good earth for the sheer joy of it and for the love of the plants themselves. Bailey's perennial call to all of us to get outside and get our hands dirty, old or young, green thumb or no, is just as fresh and stirring today as then.Full of timeless wit and grace, The Liberty Hyde Bailey Gardener's Companion collects essays and poems from Bailey's many books on gardening, as well as from newspapers and magazines from the era. Whether you've been gardening for decades or are searching for your first inspiration, Bailey's words will make an ideal companion on your journey.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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