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Gardening for Flower Arrangement
by Arno and Irene Nehrling

ISBN: 0486232638
Dover Publications Price: $5.95
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Thorough cultivation instructions for over 500 shrubs, trees, annuals, perennials, herbs, and vegetables, plus instructions for arranging, cutting, forcing, and more. Will help you design a garden that provides a variety of colors, blooms, and forms in a harmonious scheme. Specific instructions for drying 371 different plants. 33 photographs, 142 drawings.


Table of Contents for Gardening for Flower Arrangement
Acknowledgments
1. Garden Designs for Flower Arrangers
Shrubs and Trees for Landscape Effect
Annuals and Perennials in the Garden
2. Shrubs and Trees for Easy Upkeep
Recommended Trees and Shubs
3. Annuals Ideal for Cutting
Seedlings for Early Flowers
Annuals for Cutting
Good Annuals for Arrangements
4. "Perennials, Backbone of the Flower Border"
Grouping Perennials
Propagation of Perennials
Perennials for Cutting
5. "Flowering Bulbs, Corms, Rhizomes and Tubers"
Spring Flowering Bulbs
Summer Flowering Bulbs
Late Summer and Fall Flowering
6. "Vegetables, Herbs and Gourds"
The Vegetable Garden
The Herb Garden
Gourds
7. How to Cut and Condition Plant Material
"Pruning Trees, Shrubs and Vines"
Cutting for Arrangements
Conditioning Annuals and Perennials
Conditioning Flowering Branches
Conditioning Evergreen Branches
8. Flowering Branches That May Be Forced
9. Plants Which Dry Well
When and Where to Find Material
Dry Twice As Much As You Need
Hanging Method for Drying
Sand or Borax and Meal to Preserve Color
Skeletonizing Leaves
Glycerinizing Leaves
Pressing Flower and Foliage
Natural Drying
Storing Dried Plant Material
Materials to Dry
Aids for the Arranger
Selecting Plants by Color and Season
Index

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