This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...no person with a sense of artistic fitness would think of using for plant receptacles. But fortunately in the vast array of gaudy decoration one finds here and there a modest jar in subdued greens or browns which is excellent for the purpose. The low price of these enables one to have many more than would generally be ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...no person with a sense of artistic fitness would think of using for plant receptacles. But fortunately in the vast array of gaudy decoration one finds here and there a modest jar in subdued greens or browns which is excellent for the purpose. The low price of these enables one to have many more than would generally be practicable with the more expensive kinds. Such jars, large enough to hold a seven-inch pot, may often be bought for ten cents at many of the stores. At this price nearly every home and schoolroom can afford a few for the plants often growing in exposed unsightly pots. Victoria Needle Aster Plant in a Raku Jar. Flowers Violet-red THE FLOWER BEAUTIFUL These American jars are commonly intended simply for use in holding flower-pots, rather than for growing the plants in without the pots. In this respect they differ from most of the Japanese jardinieres, which are provided with a drainage vent absent in the American forms. In some respects, however, this is a distinct advantage as it saves leakage upon the stand below the jardiniere. The surplus water simply collects in the bottom of the jar; because of this, care must be taken not to drench the soil too freely, as most plants are likely to suffer when the roots are in standing water. One of the most recently introduced receptacles for growing plants is the raffia basket-ware. This is not yet generally known, but it can be used with very satisfactory results for a considerable variety of plants. The bottom is of wood and the sides of woven raffia; the color is a green that harmonizes with almost any plant; the shape is adapted to the ordinary flower-pot, and the price is reasonable. At a florist's in New York city I paid one dollar and twenty-five cents for one of these baskets large enough to rec...
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Add this copy of The Flower Beautiful to cart. $17.00, good condition, Sold by James Cummings Bookseller rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Signal Mountain, TN, UNITED STATES, published 1903 by Houghton.
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Near Fine. Hardcover in stamped illustrated boards. Gilt titles. No dust jacket. Second printing (1904). Book is in near fine, condition, generally crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Black-and-white photos of flower arrangements throughout. 8vo. 137 pp.
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