Glenny's Illustrated Garden Forget-Me-Not - Containing Notes on Men and Things Comprising Gardeners, Books, Plants, Fruits, Machines, Implements, Materials, and Subjects in General Use with Interesting Original Papers and Miscellaneous Articles 12+

📖 First published in 1860, “Glenny's Illustrated Garden Forget-Me-Not” is a wonderfully-entertaining guide to the finest gardens and the best flowers Britain has to offer. Comprising a variety of interesting articles and essays, this volume will appeal to all readers with a practical interest in gardening and related subjects. Contents include: “The Deodar, or Indian Cedar”, “The Snake Cucumber”, “Gooseberry and Currant Standards”, “Science Popularity Explained”, “Tricks of the Trade”, “Ferneries—What Forms are the Best?”, “School Education in Gardening”, “Garden Vases and Figures”, “Stunting or Dwarfing Trees”, “Needlework, Flowers, and Fruit”, “Rural Sports—Angling”, “Window Greenhouses”, “William Hogarth”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on the history of gardening.