HERB GARDENING IN FIVE SEASONS by Simmons, Adelma Grenier - 1964

NY: Hawthorn Books. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Very minor edge soil/foxing. Loght foxing on endplapers. Contents are clean and unworn, with no writing or other entries in the text. Minor wear , very minor soil on the complete DJ. ; First Printing of the Rather Scarce First HARDCOVER Edition, 1964. 8-1/2" Tall, XX + 353pp. Light tan textured boards, orange cloth spine, green spine lettering GARDENING.. The Five seasons: "Spring, summer, autumn, winter, and Christmas - all have added meaning now, for to each season the garden yields a special taste and presents a picture quite its own. ".."Many years of herb gardening at Caprilands have made hundreds of herbs important to me. It was a difficult task to limit the plants in the Dictionary. All seemed vital. To make an intelligent selection has caused much sifting of values. Herbs of greatest usefulness here at Caprilands have been placed in separate chapters - scented geraniums, thymes, mints, and artemisias. Sweet woodruff is such an integral part of spring that I felt you would rather find it in its special place than in the Dictionary. Alchemilla vulgaris, beautiful Lady's Mantle, is a part of the Summer diary. The botanical and common names of the herbs are cross-referenced in the Index to guide you in finding plants for which you seek information. " The Contents: Winter diary; Spring diary; Summer diary; Autumn diary; Christmas diary; Dictionary of fifty selected herbs. 77 line drawings of herbs by Kathleen Bourke. Six garden plans. 13 b/w photos. 4 pages of How to PLronounce Herb Names. Index. .