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Flower gardening

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• Gardening by Myself (based on an 1872 edition, with images from 2007), by Anna Bartlett Warner, illust. by Mary Mark Ockerbloom (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• Every Woman Her Own Flower Gardener: A Handy Manual of Flower Gardening for Ladies (fourth edition; New York: H. T. Williams, 1874), by S. O. Johnson
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Flower Garden: A Manual for the Amateur Gardener (New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1909), by Ida D. Bennett
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• A Woman's Hardy Garden (New York and London: Macmillan, 1903), by Helena Rutherfurd Ely, illust. by Charles Frederick Chandler (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• The American Gardener's Assistant, by Thomas Bridgeman (page images at MOA)
• Le Jardin Fleuriste: Journal Général des Progrès et des Intérêts Horticoles et Botaniques (4 volumes in French; 1851-1854), by Charles Antoine Lemaire (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our Sentimental Garden (Philadelphia: Lippincott; London, W. Heinemann, 1914), by Agnes Castle and Egerton Castle, illust. by Charles Robinson (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Summer Garden of Pleasure (Chicago: A. C. McClurg and Co.; London: Methuen and Co., 1909), by H. M. Batson, illust. by Osmund Pittman (page images at HathiTrust)
• An Island Garden, by Celia Thaxter, illust. by Childe Hassam (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• Annuals & biennials, the best annual and biennial plants and their uses in the garden (Country Life;, 1916), by Gertrude Jekyll (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The practical book of outdoor flowers (J.B. Lippincott Company, 1924), by Richardson Little Wright (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Handy book of the flower-garden : being practical directions for the propagation, culture and arrangement of plants in flower-gardens all the year round (Blackwood, 1876), by David Thomson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The practical book of outdoor flowers (Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., 1924), by Richardson Little Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
• Flowers for the parlor and garden (Hurd and Houghton ;, 1876), by Edward Sprague Rand (page images at HathiTrust)
• The seasons in a flower garden; a handbook of practical information (C. Scribner's sons, 1926), by Louise Shelton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Every lady her own flower gardener (S. Babcock, 1842), by Louisa Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American gardener's assistant : in three parts containing complete practical directions for the cultivation of vegetables, flowers, fruit trees and grape vines (H. T. Coates , 1866), by Thomas Bridgeman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vom Blütengarten der Zukunft. Das neue Gartenjahr in Bildern und Erfahrungen aus dem Reiche der winterharten Dauerpflanzen. (Verlag der Gartenschönheit, 1922), by Karl Foerster (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Flowers, how to grow them (Penn Pub. Co., 1898), by Eben Eugene Rexford (page images at HathiTrust)
• Flowers for the parlor and garden (J.E. Tilton, 1864), by Edward Sprague Rand (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gardens to color and individual gardens (Knickerbocker Press, 1917), by Charlotte Cowdrey Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gardening for ladies : and, Companion to the flower-garden (John Wiley, 1854), by Mrs. Loudon and A. J. Downing (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Floricultural magazine, and miscellany of gardening (Simpkin, Marshall & co. [etc.]:, 1836), by Robert Marnock (page images at HathiTrust)
• Camellia culture for the home gardener (University of California, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station and Extension Service, 1952), by H. M. Butterfield (page images at HathiTrust)
• Flowers of winter, indoors and out (Doubleday, Page & company, 1917), by Montague Free (page images at HathiTrust)
• The practical florist : or a description of the plants usually cultivated in the flower garden; together with their habits and mode of cultivation; the whole being a compilation from the best authors, and intended for common use. (E. Stedman, 1833) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Growing annual flowering plants (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1950), by S. L. Emsweller (page images at HathiTrust)
• Home floriculture (University of Missouri, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1950), by James E. Smith (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The flower garden (McClure, Phillips, 1905), by Ida Dandridge Bennett (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The ladies' flower-garden of ornamental annuals (London : William Smith, 113, Fleet Street, MDCCCLII [1842], 1842), by Mrs. Loudon, Bradbury & Evans, and Day & Haghe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Flowers for the parlor and garden. (J.E. Tilton & co., 1870), by Edward Sprague Rand, Asa Coolidge Warren, and John Andrew (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fleurs de pleine terre. Supplément (Vilmorin-Andrieux & cie., 1884), by Vilmorin-Andrieux et cie. (page images at HathiTrust)
• Flowers for the parlor and garden. (J. E. Tilton, 1863), by Edward Sprague Rand (page images at HathiTrust)
• The flower garden, or, Breck's book of flowers : in which are described all the various hardy herbaceous perennials, annuals, shrubby plants, and evergreen trees, desirable for ornamental purposes, with directions for their cultivation (A. O. Moore, 1858), by Joseph Breck (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les fleurs de pleine terre : comprenant la description et la culture des fleurs annuelles, bisannuelles vivaces et bulbeuses de pleine terre suivies de classements divers indiquant l'emploi de ces plantes et l'époque de leur floraison : de plans de jardins, avec des exemples de leur ornementation en divers genres, etc. (Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie, 1866), by Vilmorin-Andrieux et cie. and Louis de Vilmorin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Alpine flowers for English gardens (Murray, 1879), by W. Robinson and William Whitman Bailey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chrysanthemum culture in California (University of California, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station and Extension Service, 1952), by H. M. Butterfield (page images at HathiTrust)
• Amateur rose culture in California (University of California, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station and Extension Service, 1953), by H. M. Butterfield (page images at HathiTrust)
• Garden flowers and plants ; a primer for amateurs (Macmillan & Co., 1900), by John Wright and BookLab (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The young gardener's assistant : containing a catalogue of garden and flower seeds, with practical directions under each head, for the cultivation of culinary vegetables and flowers, some of which are not generally introduced into the United States (Printed by Nichols and Matthews, 1829), by Thomas Bridgeman (page images at HathiTrust)
• A concise and practical treatise on the growth and culture of the carnation, pink, auricula, polyanthus, ranunculus, tulip, hyacinth, rose and other flowers; including a dissertation on soils and manures and containing catalogues of the finest and most esteemed varieties of each flower. (G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823), by Thomas Hogg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guide pratique de l'ornementation des jardins (Horticoles, 1896), by Albert Maumené (page images at HathiTrust)
• A concise handbook of garden flowers (Methuen, 1903), by H. M. Batson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Canadian fruit, flower, and kitchen gardener a guide in all matters relating to the cultivation of fruits, flowers and vegetables and their value for cultivation in this climate (J. Campbell, 1872), by Delos W. Beadle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Domestic floriculture : window-gardening and floral decorations ; being practical directions for the propagation, culture, and arrangement of plants and flowers as domestic architecture (W. Blackwood, 1874), by F. W. Burbidge (page images at HathiTrust)
• Popular flowers, and how to cultivate them (Hurd and Houghton ;, 1876), by Edward Sprague Rand (page images at HathiTrust)
• Popular flowers, and how to cultivate them (Shepard and Gill, 1873), by Edward Sprague Rand (page images at HathiTrust)
• Popular flowers, and how to cultivate them (H.L. Shepard, 1874), by Edward Sprague Rand (page images at HathiTrust)
• Flowers, how to grow them : a practical treatise devoted mainly to the care of indoor flowers and plants (Penn Pub. Co., 1906), by Eben E. Rexford (page images at HathiTrust)
• The seasons in a flower garden : a handbook of information and instruction for the amateur (C. Scribner's Sons, 1907), by Louise Shelton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jardin fleuriste et son entretien. (Wiegandt & Hempel, 1873), by Georges von der Decken (page images at HathiTrust)
• Home gardening : a manual for the amateur (Gill, 1898), by William D. Drury (page images at HathiTrust)
• The small garden beautiful (Smith, Elder, & co., 1906), by A. C. Curtis (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Vilm. ill. Blumgärtn. (Wiegandt, Kempel & Parey, 1873), by Vilmorin-Andrieux et cie., Theodor Rümpler, Johannes Grönland, Johannes Grönland, and Th. Rumpler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gardening for young folks. (J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1873), by Anna M. Hyde, Lippincott's Press, and J.B. Lippincott & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• Zōtei kaki engei (Ōkura Shoten, 1913), by Manʼitsu Tanaka (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Shozan engei (Shūseidō, 1911), by Shozan Maeda (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Gartentechnik und Gartenkunst (C. Scholtze, 1911), by Franz Sales Meyer and Friedrich Ries (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Flowers, how to grow them : a practical treatise devoted mainly to the care of indoor flowers and plants (Penn Pub. Co., 1909), by Eben E. Rexford (page images at HathiTrust)
• Alpine flowers for English gardens (J. Murray, 1879), by W. Robinson, William Whitman Bailey, and BookLab (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gardening by myself (Duffield & Co., 1924), by Anna Bartlett Warner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Every woman her own flower gardener : a handy manual of flower gardening for ladies (R. H. Waggoner, 1889), by Sophia Orne Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The farmer's flower garden (University of Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, 1902), by Alvin C. Beal (page images at HathiTrust)
• Flower gardens for Colorado (Colorado Agricultural College, Colorado Experiment Station, 1934), by George A. Beach (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Popular flowers, and how to cultivate them (Houghton, Miflin, 1876), by Edward Sprague Rand (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spring flowering bulbs (For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1971), by Henry M. Cathey and United States. Agricultural Research Service. Crops Research Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• El Cocinero práctico : nuevo tratado de cocina : repostería y pastelería con interesantes artículos de economía doméstica y horticultura : parte de lo que comprende este libro describe minuciosamente el servicio de la mesa, el arte de trinchar, y todo lo referente á la cocina económica y á la de lujo de todos los pueblos civilizados (S. Calleja ; , 1896) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instructions in gardening for ladies (John Murray, 1840), by Mrs. Loudon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Growing flowering perennials (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1966), by Henry M. Cathey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Growing flowering annuals (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1965), by Henry M. Cathey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Florist and pomologist (Published for the proprietors by Messrs. Kent & Co., 1880), by Thomas Moore (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gardening for ladies; and Companion to the flower-garden. (Wiley & Putnam, 1845), by Mrs. Loudon and A. J. Downing (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les fleurs de pleine terre, comprenant la description et la culture des fleurs annuelles, bisannuelles, vivaces et bulbeuses de pleine terre suivies de classements divers indiquant l'emploide ces plantes et l'époque de leur semis ou plantation et de leur floraison; de nombreux exemplesd'ornementation pour corbeilles, plates-bandes, etc. (Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie., 1894), by Vilmorin-Andrieux et cie. and Louis de Vilmorin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe, annales générales d'horticulture. (L. Van Houtte, 1845), by Louis Van Houtte (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our Sentimental Garden, by Agnes Castle and Egerton Castle, illust. by Charles Robinson (Gutenberg ebook)
• Colour in the flower garden, by Gertrude Jekyll (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Woman's Hardy Garden, by Helena Rutherfurd Ely, illust. by Charles Frederick Chandler (Gutenberg ebook)
• Wood and Garden: Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur, by Gertrude Jekyll (Gutenberg ebook)
• Making a Garden of Perennials, by W. C. Egan (Gutenberg ebook)
• Your Plants: Plain and Practical Directions for the Treatment of Tender and Hardy Plants in the House and in the Garden, by James Sheehan (Gutenberg ebook)

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