Old Gardening Books Worth a Look

Copyright law can be a bit tricky but generally, often after 70 years books lose the copyright that protects the author. Works published after 1923, but before 1978 are protected for 95 years from the date of publication. Often the books are "dated" but they are just as often worth a thorough perusal with the caveat, that cultural practices could be "dated". If you have always disliked wasps, reading Wasps and Their Ways could give you a better understanding of why God put them here with us.  Here are a few gardening books available electronically from Kellcraft Studios.

• American Flower Garden, The. Neltje Blanchan. NY: Doubleday, Page and Company. 1909.     Arts and Crafts period in NY.  Chapters include: Vines, Roses, Annuals, Garden Furniture, etc.

• Flowers and Gardens of Japan. Florence Du Cane. Illustrated by Ella Du Cane. London: Adam and Charles Black. 1908.

• Illustrated Strawberry Culturist, The.  Andrew S. Fuller. NY: O. Judd Co. 1887.

• The Well Considered Garden. Mrs. Francis King. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1917.

• The Life of the Bee.  Maurice Maeterlinck. Translated by Alexander Teixeira Mattos. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. 1910.

• The Double Garden. Maurice Maeterlinck. Translated by Alexander Teixeira Mattos. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. 1911

• Wasps and Their Ways. Margaret Morley. NY: Dodd, Mead and Company. 1911.

• Dutch Bulbs. Una Silberrad and Sophie Lyall.  Illustrations by Mima Nixon.  London: Adam and Charles Black. 1909.

• Among the Isles of Shoals. Celia Thaxter. Illustrated. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. 1901     

• Island Garden, An. Celia Thaxter. Illustrated by Childe Hassam. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1894.