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First published in 1914, this volume contains a beginner-friendly guide to designing, creating, and maintaining a wonderful rock garden. Rock Gardening for Amateurs includes chapters on everything from the perfect plants and shrubs for rock gardens to bordering, ponds, wall gardening, and beyond. With easy-to-follow directions and useful pictures, this handy guide is perfect for amateurs and would make for a worthy inclusion in gardening collections. Contents include: The Aim of a Rock Garden , Rock-Garden Flowers , Making the Rock Garden , Planting and General Hints , The Summer Care of Alpine Plants , The Winter Care of Alpine Plants , Alpine Flowers from Seeds , Increasing Alpines by Division Cuttings , Shrubs for the Rock Garden , etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming 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.

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