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The Amateur Garden, by George W. Cable
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Title: The Amateur Garden
Author: George W. Cable
Release Date: September 29, 2006 [EBook #19408]
Language: English
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[Illustration: "That gardening is best ... which best ministers to man's felicity with least disturbance of nature's freedom."
This is my study. The tree in the middle of the picture is Barrie's elm. I once lifted it between my thumb and finger, but I was younger and the tree was smaller. The dark tree in the foreground on the right is Felix Adler's hemlock. [Page 82]]
THE AMATEUR GARDEN
BY
GEORGE W. CABLE
ILLUSTRATED
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
NEW YORK: MCMXIV
Copyright, 1914, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
Published October, 1914
CONTENTS
PAGE
MY OWN ACRE 1
THE AMERICAN GARDEN 41
WHERE TO PLANT WHAT 79
THE COTTAGE GARDENS OF NORTHAMPTON 107
THE PRIVATE GARDEN'S PUBLIC VALUE 129
THE MIDWINTER GARDENS OF NEW ORLEANS 163
ILLUSTRATIONS
"That gardening is best ... which best ministers to man's