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    Green Fingers - A Present for a Good Gardener
    Green Fingers - A Present for a Good Gardener
    Green Fingers - A Present for a Good Gardener
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    Green Fingers - A Present for a Good Gardener

    By Reginald Arkell

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    Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateSep 6, 2016
    ISBN9781473354968
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      Green Fingers - A Present for a Good Gardener - Reginald Arkell

      GREEN FINGERS

      A PRESENT FOR A GOOD GARDENER

      by

      REGINALD ARKELL

      pictured by

      EUGÈNE HASTAIN

      A LOVESOME THING—GOD WOT!

      To My Landlord

      I’LL tell you a rather remarkable thing:

      The wall of my garden belongs to the King.

      And, would you believe it, the rent that I pay,

      Is merely a trifle of twopence a day.

      My garden, I have to admit it, is small;

      But you should see the roses I grow on the wall.

      RICHMOND.

      August, 1934.

      Contents

      MY LANDLORD—Dedication

      GREEN FINGERS

      COME DOWN TO KEW——

      FLOWERS OF THE MIND

      LEGEND OF ROSEMARY

      A NURSERYMAN

      A CONCRETE EXAMPLE

      GREEN FLY

      THE PASSION FLOWER AND THE PEA

      THE LADY WITH THE LAMP

      SWEET PEA CULTURE

      UNHAPPY HAMPSTEAD

      THE BALLAD OF THE BUTTERCUP

      DEPRESSION

      ROCK GARDENS

      THE LADY OF SHALOTS

      THE OLD RED WALL

      THE GAZEBO

      THE TOMATO MAN

      MUMMY’S GARDEN

      I SAW NINE PESTS

      EASTER DAY

      THE EVER-OPEN DOOR

      A GARDEN SONG

      GOD’S GARDEN

      SAILORS DON’T CARE

      A PERFECT LADY

      THE OLD LAWN

      BANK HOLIDAY

      YOU KNOW THIS WOMAN

      WHEN WE WERE BOYS

      GRAVES IN MY GARDEN

      MARTHA AND MARY

      WARNED OFF

      A HYMN OF HATE

      MR. GARDENER

      THE LADY WHO WAS HERE BEFORE

      CAN YOU BEAT IT, COOK?

      TABLE FLOWERS

      TRAGEDY AT KEW

      HIBISCUS

      WINTER AND SUMMER

      THE MASTER AND THE MISSUS

      SPRING AT KEW

      WHAT IS A GARDEN?

      COMMON OR GARDEN

      THE DÉBUTANTE

      IT ISN’T GARDENING!

      CHRISTMAS ROSES

      MAY

      TESTIMONIAL

      PLANTAINS

      FORGET-ME-NOTS

      THE NEW GARDEN

      GIVE ME A GARDEN

      ROSES AT OWLPEN

      EPIGRAM

      HATTON GARDEN

      RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS

      SNAKE’S-HEAD FRITILLARIES

      CHILDREN’S HOUR

      DROUGHT

      THOSE LATIN NAMES

      THE STATION-MASTER’S GARDEN

      WISTARIA

      SINGLE-HANDED

      THE TWENTY-FIRST OF MAY

      SCILLA NUTANS

      SPRING

      JASMINE OR JESSAMINE?

      ANY HUSBAND

      ALMOST HUMAN

      WON BY WAITING

      ODD MAN OUT

      PRODIGAL IN PERFUME

      EPILOGUE

      Full-Page Illustrations

      A LOVESOME THING—GOD WOT!

      I SAW NINE PESTS

      NOAH WAS NEVER A GARDENER

      THE GARDEN OF EDEN WAS NOT A SUCCESS

      "HE LIKES TO LIE AND

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