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Alys - 30 Aug 2008 20:00 GMT

Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Garden Flowers by John Wood,undated
but inscription for 1913, VGC, 330 pages.
Apart from being the most attractive book,this is an extremely
thorough manual on the traditional gardening techniques of the early
1900s.Contains some superb quality enravings throughout.

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Martin - 30 Aug 2008 22:30 GMT

>Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Garden Flowers by John Wood,undated
>but inscription for 1913, VGC, 330 pages.
>Apart from being the most attractive book,this is an extremely
>thorough manual on the traditional gardening techniques of the early
>1900s.Contains some superb quality enravings throughout.

Available in UK and USA from GBP 13 including P&P
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=John+Wood&sts=t&tn=Hardy+Perenn
ials+and+Old+Fashioned+Garden+Flowers&x=61&y=13

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Stewart Robert Hinsley - 30 Aug 2008 22:45 GMT

>>Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Garden Flowers by John Wood,undated
>>but inscription for 1913, VGC, 330 pages.
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>http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=John+Wood&sts=t&tn=Har
>dy+Perennials+and+Old+Fashioned+Garden+Flowers&x=61&y=13

Available (1884 edn) for free download.

http://www.archive.org/details/hardyperennialso00woodrich

I expect that it's out of copyright in the UK as well as in the USA.

1897 edn can be read at

http://www.google.com/books?id=HI1NbrmrNlgC&dq=%22Hardy+Perennials+an
d+Old+Fashioned+Garden+Flowers%22&lr=&num=100&as_brr=0&source=gbs_summary
_s&cad=0

Available as HTML at

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18913

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Martin - 31 Aug 2008 08:43 GMT

>>>Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Garden Flowers by John Wood,undated
>>>but inscription for 1913, VGC, 330 pages.
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>
> http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18913

LOL it gets better and better.

Maybe we could come to an arrangement with her where she identifies interesting
books and we find a cheap/free source ourselves.

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Stewart Robert Hinsley - 31 Aug 2008 11:02 GMT

>>>>Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Garden Flowers by John Wood,undated
>>>>but inscription for 1913, VGC, 330 pages.
[quoted text clipped - 26 lines]
>Maybe we could come to an arrangement with her where she identifies interesting
>books and we find a cheap/free source ourselves.

It's still needs a lot of beating into shape, but I've made a start on a
guide to online botanical literature.

http://www.stewart.hinsley.me.uk/Literature/Intro.php

PS: The URL might well be changed in the future.

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Martin - 31 Aug 2008 11:20 GMT

>>>>>Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Garden Flowers by John Wood,undated
>>>>>but inscription for 1913, VGC, 330 pages.
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>
>PS: The URL might well be changed in the future.

Thanks, Stewart.

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