This is the gardening edition of “Elizabeth's Craig's Household Library” series. With simple instructions, expert tips, and helpful illustrations, this vintage guide to gardening contains all the information gardener might need to know and is perfect for those with little previous experience. Contents include: “Guide to Planning Your Garden”, “The Gardeners Calendar”, “What Every Gardener Ought to Know”, “How to Take Cuttings, Slips and Offsents”, “Preparing the Soil”, “Your Beds and Borders”, “Annuals”, “Perennials for Herbaceous Borders”, “Bulbs in the Garden”, “Bulbs for Indoors”, “To Grow Lovely Roses”, “etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on the history of gardening.