The Little Bulbs

by Lawrence, Elizabeth

• ISBN13: 9780822307396
• ISBN10: 0822307391
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1986-03-01
• Publisher: Duke Univ Pr

Summary

"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 asBrodiaea, Bessera,andCalochortus."-American Horticulturist

Table of Contents

Introduction

Preface

The First Flower

"Things as Help Themselves"

Snowdrops and Snowflakes

Squills and Daffodils

Hardy Cyclamen

Colchicums and Crocuses

Wood Sorrels

The Iris Family

The Lily Family

Some Amaryllids

Little Bulbs in Pots

Sources of Bulbs

For the Armchair Gardener

Index

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