• TREES are essential to an American home. The frame building, the first pointer to the
young mechanic in his arduous path towards an honorable independence, is imperfect …

This book was written with a view of furnishing a lowpriced, comprehensive American work
on Landscape, or more properly, Ornamental Gardening. A great degree of conciseness …

"" What is a garden?'It is man's report of earth at her best. It is earth emancipated from the
commonplace. It is man's love of loveliness carried to excess-man's craving for the ideal …

" EVERY tree is beautiful, every grove is pleasant and every forest is grand. The planting
and care of trees is exhilarating and a pledge of faith in the future; but these æsthetic …

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This book is an attempt to anticipate and answer the questions which would occur to a home
owner when he is considering the planting and care of trees for his garden. In the book …

THERE is no lack of good manuals of botany in this country. There still seems place for an
adequately illustrated book of convenient size for field use. The larger manuals, moreover …

Why, we ask, in the rationality and emotion of man is there a lingering love for trees? Why
can't we discount them as nothing more than nuisances that break up sidewalks, interfere …

The book discusses the wide array of exotic trees and shrubs growing in urban and
suburban parks and gardens of N. America and Europe, and links the plants with the …

Roosevelt, attired in a dark suit and top hat, could be found in Fort Worth, Texas, where
youngsters looked on from a nearby window as he shoveled soil over the roots of a sapling …