Books in the Gardening in America series

This 1905 volume edited by Ernest Cook gathers advice from the foremost authorities on carnations, picotees, and pinks to provide the gardener with the best cultivation information.

In this 1888 volume, Edward Rand provides not only a record of his personal experience cultivating orchards at Glen Ridge, but also a ready reference on the culture and species descriptions for other popular orchid varieties.

This 1909 book is a comprehensive reference on all aspects of bulbs and tuberous-rooted plants.

John Weathers's 1911 work is detailed discussion of bulbous plants from all over the world.

Gurney's 1894 work attempts to provide practical guidance to horticulturists and orchardists working in Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Nebraska, and the Dakotas.

Systematic pomology, or the branch of pomology dealing with our knowledge of the fruits themselves, is explored in Frank Waugh's 1903 book, as well as the trees, bushes, or vines on which they grow. He treats three distinct subjects: description, nomenclature, and classification.

A prolific author on all aspects of horticulture, Liberty Bailey provides readers with a historical background on native American fruit varieties, including grapes, mulberries, apples, and berries in this 1906 work.

This 1802 work describes the means by which fruits and kitchen-garden staples such as grapes, mushrooms, salad greens, and herbs, among others, can be forced by use of greenhouses and other means.

Franklin Elliott's 1859 work is a comprehensive source of information on the varieties of fruit available for culture in the United States in the mid-19th century and how they were cultivated.

This delightful 1847 work by Thomas Bridgeman is a complete source of information on kitchen gardens. It contains not only descriptions of the most common culinary vegetables and herbs, as well as instructions on their planting and care, but also a monthly calendar of maintenance tasks.

Edward Wickson's 1910 work provides information specific to growing vegetables in the climate and soil conditions of California.

Lucius Davis's 1899 work is not a scientific text but rather a layman's guide describing the characteristics of the types of shrubbery suitable for planting in the United States.

This 1919 book describes both the success of the war garden in helping to reduce food shortages during the World War I period and the necessity for maintaining these gardens during peacetime.

Bliss Brown's 1916 volume is a complete source of information on the marketing, packaging, and transportation of fruit for sale.

William Robinson presents descriptions of ornamental, hardy, herbaceous, alpine, and bulbous plants with directions for their culture and arrangement.

This useful field guide, published in 1914, helps readers identify plants by their fruit and/or leaf.

Lambeth and Manning's 1913 work provides a unique perspective on Thomas Jefferson. Rather than concentrating on his political life, they instead investigate his intellectual pursuits as an architect and designer of landscapes.

This 1881 work by Marshall Wilder, president of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, provides an interesting history of horticulture in the city of Boston and its surrounding area.

H.A. Burberry's 1900 reference is a complete source of information for the amateur orchid cultivator.

This 1871 volume, a revision and enlargement by William Robinson of John Loudon's original text, is a classic work on the growth and management of fruits and vegetables.

H.M. Stringfellow, in this 1896 work, aims to show that the principles of horticulture, as they were put into practice at the time, are wrong and that there is a more natural, easier, and inexpensive way to grow fruit than was commonly done.

This 1868 edition returned to print a work that had long been unavailable. With the death of its original author, William White, in 1867, the incomplete manuscript was completed by J. Van Buren and Dr. James Camak.

Peter Henderson's 1898 work focuses on useful information and helpful hints for those who garden for pleasure rather than profit.

After a short discussion of climate issues in America, William Kenrick's 1842 book provides a history and description of the types of fruits and their varieties available to be grown in America, with instructions for their cultivation.

Thomas Field's 1858 work covers all aspects of the culture of pears.

Prolific gardening writer and educator Samuel Green published this 1894 work to aid the amateur fruit grower in cultivating fruits for personal use and to sell. Covering the most widely available and stable varieties known, the work provides descriptions of the fruits as well as advice on the best way to grow each variety.

This 1858 work is the first American edition of a work that had already been through two editions in England. It is a comprehensive source on landscape design, complete with sketches and detailed instructions for lots of all sizes.

Nathaniel Paterson's 19th-century work presents information on the culture of fruits, flowers, and vegetables for upper-class homes.

Harry Thomas's 1916 text calls the reader's attention to the flowers, fruits, and vegetables of each season while noting the chief garden work to be done in each successive month.