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Book SynopsisEvery family can have a garden. -Liberty Hyde Bailey
Finally, 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-sentimentthe 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 y
Trade Review
This earnest collection will likely introduce Bailey's name to a new generation of gardeners and reacquaint older ones with the ideas of a justly celebrated master.
* Publishers Weekly *
Bailey's writing reflects his deep desire to educate... because he so wanted to share the joy he felt for plants and gardening with anyone who would listen. The book will be relished by gardeners, both novice and experienced, who will smile and nod knowingly at Bailey's descriptions of the smell of newly-turned soil, the miracle of watching a see sprout, or the feeling of pure contentment a garden can bring.
* The American Gardener *
Table of ContentsGeneral Advice
To One Who Hath No Garden
The Common Natural History
The Importance of Seeing Correctly
A Reverie of Gardens
The Feeling for Plants
Planting a Plant
Gardening and Its Future
Undertone
The Miracle
How to Make a Garden: The First Lesson
The Home Garden
How to Make a Garden: Digging in the Dirt
The Growing of Plants by Children: The School-Garden
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The Spirit of the Garden
Oak
The Principles of Pruning
The Weather
What Is a Weed?
White Clover
Blossoms
The Symbolism of Flowers
Extrinsic and Intrinsic Views of Nature
The Flower-Growing Should Be Part of the Design
Annuals: The Best Kinds and How to Grow Them
Campanula
The Admiration of Good Materials
The Subject
The Growing of the Vegetable Plants
The Fruit-Garden
Peach
Where There Is No Apple Tree
Apple-Year
The Garden Flows
The New Year
The Dandelion
The Apple-Tree in the Landscape
from Lessons of To-day
Leaves
The Garden of Gourds
Lesson I.: The Pumpkin
November: June
An Outlook on Winter
Midwinter
Greenhouse in the Snow
The Garden of Pinks
December
Marvels at Our Feet
Society of the Holy Earth
The Garden Fence
