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The Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, are a remarkable showcase of exotic plants from all over the world, and this lavishly illustrated volume depicts many of the most unusual and beautiful specimens. The introduction tells the fascinating story of Henry E. Huntington’s development, during the first two decades of the twentieth century, from railroad and real-estate magnet to one of Southern California’s leading philanthropists, and the transformation of his self-supporting working ranch into a world-class botanical garden. Today the 206-acre estate comprises fifteen specialized gardens filled with 20,000 different kinds of plants, with as many as 1,800 rose species and cultivars, 1,200 camellia cultivars, and 5,000 cacti and succulents. Themed gardens are devoted to roses, camellias, subtropical, Australian, and jungle plants, as well as palms, bamboo, and water lilies. Especially popular with visitors are the desert and Japanese gardens. The book presents a comprehensive look at these astonishingly diverse plantings, from towering landmark trees to minuscule rare desert succulents, many pictured in the book’s 270 color photographs. Praise for the new edition: “A beautiful keepsake for regular visitors and a great gift for garden lovers who may not be so lucky.” —Los Angeles Times 8 1/2 x 11, 200 pages, 270 color illustrations |
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Camellias: The Huntington's renowned camellia collection, one of the most diverse public collections anywhere, is well documented in this lavishly illustrated book. More than eighty-four color photographs feature the popular pink, red, and white japonicas as well as the stunning black-red "Night Rider," among other rarities. Nineteenth-century botanical illustrations from the Huntington Library's rare book collections are also reproduced. This handy guide will help you learn to tell japonicas from reticulatas and sasanquas as you tour the 207-acre Huntington estate, while Curator Ann Richardson offers many fascinating facts about the history and cultivation of the camellia. For those who grow camellias, for those who want to, or for those who appreciate the beauty of this special flower, all will find much to discover in this beautiful book. 80 pages, 6 x 9, color illustrations See our special page on this title "This volume offers a succinct overview of the genus Camellia, including its history, flower forms, plant descriptions, and culture. A chapter on camellia culture covers planting, pruning, disbudding, and common problems. The book is illustrated with exquisite photographs by Don Normark and antique paintings from the Huntington archives." -- Sunset "From a brief history of camellias to a map of where to find them growing in Huntington Gardens, this lovely small volume tells us nearly all we need to know about this very unusual shrub." -- California Garden "Richardson draws on decades of experience in horticulture to present an array of facts on the history and cultivation of the camellia, including how they get their names, the differences between a cultivar and a species, and why some camellia flowers have stripes or splotches. She counsels that camellias are easy to grow and tells readers how, with just a small amount of care, they can produce a maximum of attractive plants and flowers."--The Camellia Review |
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The Children's Garden Book by Olive Percival A gardener "ought to have a little make-believe," the Southern California garden maven Olive Percival mused more than 80 years ago. Inspired by this principle, she devised plans for whimsical gardens that could be enjoyed by children and adults alike. Her delightful schemes included "The Garden of Aladdin," an enchanted, sunken orchard fragrant with kumquat, persimmon, and orange trees; "The Fairy Ring," a blue fairyland of forget-me-nots, larkspur, and borage; and "The Sliced Cake," a round, pink-and-white garden divided into wedges—the perfect setting for afternoon tea. Percival’s charming illustrations and instructions for fifteen fanciful children’s gardens, all selected from her unpublished manuscript in the Huntington Library, are reproduced for the first time in this volume, designed in keeping with her own Arts & Crafts aesthetic. Described by Percival as "a potpourri of flowery facts and garden lore," The Children’s Garden Book shows children that the pleasures of one’s own garden may be achieved through planning, patience, dedication, and imagination. Olive Percival (1869–1945) was a multi-talented writer, photographer, gardener, artist, and bibliophile who lived in the Arroyo Seco artists’ enclave near Los Angeles. She was the author of several books on gardening and garden lore, including Our Old-Fashioned Flowers (1947), Yellowing Ivy (1946), and Leaf-Shadows and Rose-Drift, Being Little Songs from a Los Angeles Garden (1911). The Huntington Library owns Percival’s diaries, more than 700 of her photographs, and three book manuscripts. Review: "Olive Percival (1869-1945) believed that if children gardened, they would create a better world as adults. The writer, artist, bibliophile and Arroyo Seco resident penned this 'potpourri of flowery facts and garden lore' but never saw it published. Reproduced for the first time, the text and 106 line illustrations are endearingly dated, and the philosophy of the Arts and Crafts period is timeless. The book opens with advice to young gardeners. A passage titled 'If You Expect to Gardenize' is followed with an answer: Simply give plants what they need when they need it. A section titled 'What an Amateur Gardener Needs' is followed with suggestions for tools, seeds and 'a little make-believe and a great deal of stick-to-it-iveness.' Under the heading 'A Permanent Christmas Tree,' you'll read a plea for forest protection. Other subjects include plant names, sundials, cats, birds and drinking pools. Fifteen garden plans follow with fanciful names such as the Lavender Walk, Sliced Cake, Flying Carpet, Fairy Ring, Garden of Aladdin and Rosamond's Labryrinth. Each is simple and small-scale, ideal for children and 'grown-up amateurs.' Percival's inspiring book is bound in beautiful sage green linen with gold lettering and violet trim — exactly as she envisioned it more than 80 years ago. The author would have been pleased." —Los Angeles Times 9 3/4 x 8 1/2, 64 pages, 106 illustrations
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Henry Huntington hired William Hertrich to be his landscape gardener in 1905; over the next two decades, the two of them designed many of the gardens and plant collections seen at the Huntington today, including the Japanese garden, rose garden, and cycad collection. Upon his retirement in 1948, Hertrich set out to write an in-depth history of the botanical gardens that was filled with his memories and insights into Huntington's wishes. The book includes more than 150 black-and-white photos from the early 1900s on, many of them taken by Hertrich himself. 178 pages, 8 1/2 X 11, black and white illus., paper |
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This introduction to the treasures of the Huntington features a section on the early history of the residence and its owners and a calendar of color in the gardens. 64 pages, 8-1/2 x 11, 120 color illus.
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This book details more than fifty of the most frequently planted trees in the Southern California city of San Marino. "This is an excellent book…for city planners as well as dedicated landscapers and homeowners."—California Gardener 120 pages, 6 x 9, illus., paper |
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