Field and Garden Vegetables of America


Book Description

Fearing Burr Jr.'s 1865 book is designed to help gardeners choose what varieties they wish to plant, rather than being a guide to cultivation. The work provides descriptions of a vast variety of vegetables grown in the United States, with reference to their size, form, color, quality, productiveness, season, and hardiness.










American Garden Literature in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection (1785-1900)


Book Description

An annotated listing of titles held at the Garden Library at Dumbarton Oaks, with an introduction discussing the evolution of American garden culture and landscape architecture in the course of the 19th century. Includes a chronological list of titles as well as an index and a good selection of bandw illustrations. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR







Sturtevant's Notes on Edible Plants


Book Description

Plants, edible -- dictionaries -- biographies of Edward Lewis Sturtevant: p.1-11.