Nature's Garden

Nature's Garden by Neltje Blanchan. Published by Doubleday Page & Co, Garden City, NY, 1915. Reprint. Hardbound, No DJ. Size 4to. Condition: Good. Edge wear to boards, some fraying. Gift dedication to orig owner dated 1915 inside front. Pgs vii to x loose from binding. Ink note after index page. Overall content in excellent condition. Every lover of the beauties of Nature, everyone who thrills to the out-of-doors, must know the wild flowers. Here in this book is that knowledge, the most fascinating of all the lore of Nature. How plants work out the problems of existence and survival, how they make their families healthy, how they start their children in life, how they found colonies in distant lands, how they use insects for their own purposes; these are some of the mysteries which this book reveals. A book that gives every reader a broader sympathy with Nature and with man. With color plates and many other illustrations photographed directly from nature by Henry Troth and A R Dugmore. 415 Pgs. Description text copyright 2007 www.BooksForComfort.com. Item ID 14649.