Guide to Gardening and Horticulture

Description

Manuel De l'Amateur Des Jardins by Decaisne & Naudin, 4 small volumes, circa 1865, totaling 742 - VIII, 824, 865 & 657 pages. Illustrated with many vignettes in black in the text, drawn by Riocreux and engraved by Leblanc. Paperback, untrimmed (covers in original condition), missing the title page of the last volume, 5 leaves with cutouts (no missing pages), the last cover, and the last two table of contents leaves of the third volume. It deserves a beautiful binding. Covers essential principles of botany and plant physiology for growers, as well as theoretical and practical exposure on cultivating useful and ornamental plants. Also covers outdoor and indoor ornamental plant cultivation in various climates of France, as well as shrubs, forest trees, and plants for greenhouses and conservatories.