Gertrude Jekyll's "Home and Garden" is a wonderful vintage guide to gardening comprising an assortment of notes, thoughts, and practical advice concerning a variety of garden-based topics. From charming anecdotes of notable country walks to how to make potpourri and beyond, this vintage volume will appeal to gardeners and native-lovers alike, and it would make a for a wonderful addition to any home collection. Contents include: "How the House was Built", "A Wood Ramble ion April", "A Garden of Wall-Flowers", "Trees and Lanes", "Wild Honeysuckle", "Brier Roses", "Midsummer", "Roses and Lilies", "Large Rock-Gardens", "The Workshop", "The Kinship of Common Tools", "Cut Flowers", "Conservatories", "The Making of Pot-Purri", etc. Many vintage books such as this are 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.
