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A superb collection of 125 vintage books on one USB flash drive, including some really rare titles and providing a fabulous library for anyone with an interest in landscape gardening, or anyone looking for information and ideas on how to transform their own outdoor space.

Containing literally 1000’s upon 1000’s of pages of information and beautiful illustrations and photos, these wonderful books help not only to provide ideas, they also contain a valuable insight into the history of landscape gardening from years gone by. From small cottage gardens to the large grounds of stately homes and palaces, all kinds of gardens are discussed and transformed.

This amazing collection of 125 original vintage books have all been professionally scanned in high quality, compiled and preserved forever in pdf format on one USB flash drive - easy to read on your laptop, computer, tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages. This full list of titles below speaks for itself…….

The Full List of Titles Included is as Follows:

A dissertation on oriental gardening by W. Chambers (1773)

A Guide to natural beauty (1921)

A partial list of plants available for various uses in general landscape planting by A. D. Taylor (1916)

A plea for hardy plants, with suggestions for effective arrangement by J. W. Elliott (1907)

A treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening by A. J. Downing (1859)

American gardens by G. Lowell (1902)

An enquiry into the changes of taste in landscape gardening  to which are added, some observations on its theory and practice by H. Repton (1806)

An essay on landscape gardening by J. Dalrymple (1823)

An introduction to the study of landscape design by H. V. Hubbard (1917)

Beautiful gardens - how to make and maintain them by W. P. Wright (1909)

Beautiful home surroundings (1921)

Book of garden plans by S. F. Hamblin (1916)

De la composition des parcs et jardins pittoresques ouvrage utile et instructif pour les propriétaires et les amateurs by J. Lalos (1824)

Dell' arte de' giardini inglesi by E. Silva (1813)

Den nederlandtsen hovenier by J. Van Der Groen (1699)

Der praktische landschaftsgärtner by W. Hertz (1840)

Design and improvement of school grounds by W. C. Coker (1921)

Design in landscape gardening by R. R. Root (1914)

English houses & gardens in the 17th and 18th centuries by M. E. Macartney (1908)

Essai sur l'art des jardins modernes by H. Walpole (1785)

Essays on the picturesque as compared with the sublime and the beautiful Vol. 1 by U. Price (1810)

Essays on the picturesque as compared with the sublime and the beautiful Vol. 2 by U. Price (1810)

Essays on the picturesque as compared with the sublime and the beautiful Vol. 3 by U. Price (1810)

Formal design in landscape architecture; a statement of principles with special reference to their present use in America by F. A. Waugh (1921)

Fragments on the theory and practice of landscape gardening by H. Repton (1816)

Garden craft in Europe by H. I. Triggs (1913)

Garden design and architects' gardens by W. Robinson (1892)

Garden planning and planting by H. H. Thomas (1910)

Garden-craft old and new by J. D. Sedding (1891)

Garden-making - suggestions for the utilizing of home grounds by L. H. Bailey (1898)

Gardens in the making by W. H. Godfrey (1914)

Glenny's manual of practical gardening by G. Glenny (1868)

Guide pratique du tracé et de l'ornementation des jardins d'agrément par T. Bona (1862)

Hand book of practical landscape gardening, designed for city and suburban residences, and country school-houses by F. R. Elliott  (1877)

Hints on landscape gardening by H. Puckler-Muskau (1917)

Home beautifying suggestions - including lists and sizes of ornamental plants and information for their use (1922)

Home grounds by A. F. Oakey (1881)

Home grounds, their planning and planting by L. H. Bailey (1918)

How to beautify your home grounds by W. P. Stark (1917)

How to lay out a garden by E. Kemp (1864)

How to lay out suburban home grounds by H. J. Kellaway (1915)

How to plan the home grounds by S. Parsons (1899)

Ichnographia rustica; or, The nobleman, gentleman, and gardener's recreation Vol. 1 by S. Switzer (1718)

Ichnographia rustica; or, The nobleman, gentleman, and gardener's recreation Vol. 2 by S. Switzer (1718)

Ichnographia rustica; or, The nobleman, gentleman, and gardener's recreation Vol. 3 by S. Switzer (1718)

Italian villas and their gardens by E. Wharton (1904)

Japanese gardens and houses by T. Shiota (1916)

Landscape architecture - A definition and a resume of its past and present by S. Child (1911)

Landscape architecture by H. V. Hubbard (1920)

Landscape garden series Vol. 1 by R. R. Root (1921)

Landscape garden series Vol. 2 by R. R. Root (1921)

Landscape garden series Vol. 3 by R. R. Root (1921)

Landscape garden series Vol. 4 by R. R. Root (1921)

Landscape garden series Vol. 5 by R. R. Root (1921)

Landscape garden series Vol. 6 by R. R. Root (1921)

Landscape garden series Vol. 7 by R. R. Root (1921)

Landscape garden series Vol. 8 by R. R. Root (1921)

Landscape garden series Vol. 10 by R. R. Root (1921)

Landscape gardening. Notes and suggestions on lawns and lawn planting by S. Parsons (1891)

Landscape gardening and landscape architecture by H. Repton (1840)

Landscape gardening as applied to home decoration by S. T. Maynard (1912)

Landscape gardening by A. J. Downing (1921)

Landscape gardening how to lay out a garden by E. Kemp (1911)

Landscape gardening studies by S. Parsons (1910)

Landscape gardening, or, Parks and pleasure grounds - with practical notes on country residences, villas, public parks and gardens by C. H. Smith (1858)

Landscape gardening; treatise on the general principles governing outdoor art by F. A. Waugh (1915)

Landscape planning for small homes by E. G. Davis (1922)

Landscape-gardening by O. C. Simonds (1920)

Lawns and gardens. How to plant and beautify the home lot, the pleasure ground and garden by N. Jonnson-Rose (1897)

Lists of plant types for landscape planting; the materials of planting for ornament listed according to their various uses by S. F. Hamblin (1923)

Making paths and driveways by C. H. Miller (1912)

Observations on modern gardening, illustrated by descriptions by T. Whately (1770)

Observations on the theory and practice of landscape gardening by H. Repton (1805)

Old time gardens, newly set forth by A. M. Earle (1901)

On the making of gardens by G. Sitwell (1909)

Ornamental gardening for Americans. A treatise on beautifying homes, rural districts, towns, and cemeteries by E. A. Long (1899)

Ornamental gardening in Florida by C. T. Simpson (1916)

Oud-nederlandsche tuinkunst by C. Sypesteyn (1910)

Parks and pleasure grounds, or, Practical notes on country residences, villas, public parks, and gardens by C. H. Smith (1852)

Plans for pleasant home surroundings by W. Flemer (1903)

Planting and ornamental gardening by W. Marshall (1785)

Planting and rural ornament Vol. 1 by W. Marshall (1796)

Planting and rural ornament Vol. 2 by W. Marshall (1796)

Planting the home grounds by J. H. McFarland (1915)

Practical hints upon landscape gardening by W. S. Gilpin (1835)

Practical landscape gardening by G. M. Kern (1855)

Practical landscape gardening by R. B. Cridland (1916)

Rural residences - a series of designs for cottages, decorated cottages, small villas by J. B. Papworth (1818)

Rural taste in western towns and country districts, in its relation to the principles of the art of landscape gardening by M. G. Kern (1884)

Secrets of ornamental planting, comprising Landscaping simplified, hardy ornamental shrubs and trees, and The rose garden by Stark Bros. (1916)

Some English gardens by G. Jekyll (1904)

Suggestions on landscape gardening by C. Follen (1859)

Supplement to Landscape gardening in Japan by J. Conder (1893)

Textbook of landscape gardening, designed especially for the use of non-professional students by F. A. Waugh (1922)

The amateur garden by G. W. Cable (1914)

The art & craft of garden making by T. H. Mawson (1912)

The art and practice of landscape gardening by H. E. Milner (1890)

The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extend by F. J. Scott (1881)

The art of landscape architecture, its development and its application to modern landscape gardening by S. Parsons (1915)

The art of landscape gardening by H. Repton (1907)

The beautification of home grounds by M. H. Ellis (1916)

The book of garden design by C. Thonger (1905)

The complete garden by A. D. Taylor (1921)

The complete home landscape by A. J. Jennings (1922)

The English flower garden and home grounds by W. Robinson (1905)

The formal garden in England by R. T. Blomfield (1892)

The garden beautiful; home woods and home landscape by W. Robinson (1907)

The gardens of Italy, with historical and descriptive notes by E. M. Phillipps (1919)

The Greening pictorial system of landscape gardening by C. E. Greening (1910)

The Illinois way of beautifying the farm by W. Miller (1914)

The Landscape Beautiful by F. A. Waugh (1912)

The landscape gardener; comprising the history and principles of tasteful horitculture by J. Dennis (1835)

The landscape gardening book by G. Tabor (1916)

The livable house, its garden by R. Dean (1917)

The making of a country estate; practical suggestions and professional advice for planning and planting of the gardens by H. Wild (1913)

The miniature Japanese landscape by T. Shiota (1915)

The natural principles if landscape gardening or, The adornment of land for perpetual beauty by J. F. Johnson (1874)

The natural style in landscape gardening by F. A. Waugh (1917)

The practical book of garden architecture by P. W. Humphreys (1914)

The prairie spirit in landscape gardening by W. Miller (1915)

The royal parks and gardens of London - their history and mode of embellishment, with hints on the propagation and culture of the plants employed by N. Cole (1877)

The small place; its landscape architecture by E. Rehmann (1918)

The theory and practice of landscape gardening by J. Mayor (1852)

Wagner landscape service (1915)

What England can teach us about gardening by W. Miller (1911)

BONUS - Also included in this unique archive are 108 issues of “American Homes & Gardens”. Providing a fascinating insight into landscape gardening and vintage interior design, these superb magazines all date from the early 20^th Century (1905 – 1913):

American homes and gardens Vol. 1 (July - Dec 1905)

American homes and gardens Vol. 2 (Jan - June 1906)

American homes and gardens Vol. 3 (July - Dec 1906)

American homes and gardens Vol. 4 (1907)

American homes and gardens Vol. 5 (1908)

American homes and gardens Vol. 6 (1909)

American homes and gardens Vol. 7 (1910)

American homes and gardens Vol. 8 (1911)

American homes and gardens Vol. 9 (1912)

American homes and gardens Vol. 10 (1913)

An absolute treasure trove of information on garden design and the beautifying of home grounds!

125 books and 108 magazines!

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