School and home gardens / by W.H.D. Meier, A.M., Head of the Department of Biology and School Gardening, State Normal School, Framingham, Massachusetts.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Meier, W. H. D., 1868- (Author, Copyright holder)
Language:English
Published: Boston ; New York ; Chicgo ; London : Ginn and Co., [1913]
©1913
Subjects:
School gardens.
Gardening.
Indoor gardening.
Inscriptions (Provenance)
Genre:
Inscriptions (Provenance)
Ownership and Custodial History:
Former owner’s inscription on front fly-leaf.
Local Note:
MSU: Gift of Jane Taylor.
Physical Description:v, 319 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 1. The window garden
  • 2. The growing of bulbs in glasses
  • 3. The growing of plants in pots
  • 4. Window boxes
  • 5. Hanging baskets and porch boxes
  • 6. Selection and care of decorative plants
  • 7. Planting bulbs in the yard
  • 8. Plan of the yard
  • 9. The lawn
  • 10. Annual flowering plants
  • 11. Perennial borders
  • 12. Biennial and perennial flowering plants
  • 13. Wild flowers
  • 14. Native ferns
  • 15. Planting shrubs and trees
  • 16. Shrubs
  • 17. Hardy climbing vines
  • 18. Roses
  • 19. Shade trees
  • 20. Fruit trees
  • 21. Small fruits
  • 22. The vegetable garden.