The Little Bulbs: A Tale of Two Gardens"A beautifully written book."--The Garden Journal "A few garden writers offer prose that goes beyond how to spade and spray to convey the experience and pleasures of gardening. The late Elizabeth Lawrence was such a writer."--Southern Living "First published in 1957 and out-of-print for many years, this is a delightfully written and enormously informative introduction to the fascinating variety of little bulbs available to the gardener. The author discusses a wide variety of plants, both familiar and little-known, including crocuses, species daffodils, hardy cyclamen and lily-family members such as Brodiaea, Bessera, and Calochortus."--American Horticulturist |
Contents
The First Flower | 7 |
Things as Helps Themselves | 21 |
Snowdrops and Snowflakes | 27 |
Squills and Daffodils | 38 |
Hardy Cyclamen | 89 |
Wood Sorrels | 119 |
The Iris Family | 129 |
The Lily Family | 189 |
Some Amaryllids | 201 |
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