02467cam a22003493u 4500 48740 UtSlPG 20260610134124.0 m cr n 260607r2015||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 SB Roberts, Harry, 1871-1946 The Book of Old-Fashioned Flowers : And Other Plants Which Thrive in the Open-Air of England Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2015 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Handbooks of practical gardening, 4 Release date is 2015-04-18 E-text prepared by Louise Pryor, Petra A, David Garcia, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (http://books.google.com) "The Book of Old-Fashioned Flowers" by Harry Roberts is a gardening handbook written in the early 20th century. This guide aims to teach horticulturists, particularly novices, the principles of successfully cultivating hardy, traditional flowering plants that flourish outdoors in England. With a focus on old-fashioned varieties, the book evokes nostalgia for the beloved blooms often found in charming cottage gardens and vicarage settings. The opening of the book sets the tone by acknowledging the importance of practical experience in gardening while asserting that intelligent readers can benefit greatly from well-written guides. Roberts emphasizes the appeal of informal gardens filled with a mix of flourishing, old-fashioned flowers, contrasting them with the rigid and artificial designs often seen in more formal gardens. He introduces the notion that true beauty in gardening comes not just from a careful arrangement of plants, but from the harmonious growing of flowers that feel naturally at home in their environment, each contributing to a sense of peace and relaxation in one’s garden space. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Flower gardening -- England Gardening -- England Roskruge, Ethel Handbooks of practical gardening, 4 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48740 89579 89579