Description: The Mayflower October, 1900 John Lewis Childs , President Published at Floral Park , New York Paper-wraps. 7" x 9.75" 43 pages ( including covers), plus color plate. The October, 1900 issue of Mayflower magazine. Mayflower magazine was an advertisement for the botanical business of John Lewis Childs, a gardening entrepreneurs of the era. Childs was the first to establish a mail-order seed business. He created an entire town on Long Island , New York , named for his product: Floral Park. The Mayflower was published from 1885 to 1906, offering gardening tips and seed packets, with a colored plate in each issue. ------ Condition. Worn binding; wear and some loss of paper at the edges of the wraps. The covers remain well attached. No writing, no markings. Foxing at the margins of the color flowers plate. A few minor page stains. The pages are otherwise in good condition. ------- The Contents of this issue includes : Picotee Tulips ( front cover ) Color illustration plate ( Crocus ) Prepare ( for Winter ) .. by Adolph Jainicke ( continued ) Bulbs for Early Spring Flowers ... by Mrs. G. W. Flanders , Maine Christmas Hyacinths ... by Mrs. G. T. Drennan , Louisiana The Tulip ; Descriptive and Cultural ( Bernice Baker , Illinois ; Darwin Tulips by Mrs. Jennie S. Perkins , Illinois , Gesneriana Tuplips by Mary Foster Snider , Michigan, etc. ) Sowing Annuals in the Fall ... by Mary Foster Snider , Michigan Winter Blooming Roses ... by Genevieve Hays - Powell , West Virginia Ornithogalum Arabicum ... by Lena A. Holmes , Illinois ( Arabian Star Flower ) This & That ... by Eben E. Rexford , Wisconsin ( Gloxinias , Repotting Palms , etc. ) Hints on Bulb Culture ; Hyacinth , etc. ( ... by Ella F. Flanders , New York , I. McRoss , Wisconsin , Carrol W. Rankin , Michigan , " Aunt Eda " of New York , Carroll Watson Rankin , Michigan , etc. ) Hyacinths ... by Lora S. La Mance , Missouri Iris Kaempferi , Garden Irises , Cultivation , Speciosum Lillies , The Peony , Window Garden Fancies, etc. ( ... by S. O. Moberly , Minnisota , Mrs. G. T. Drennan , Louisiana , J, G. Alcock of British Columbia , Louise Dew of Michigan , etc. ) Correspondence : Questions & Answers ( 10 pages ; arranged by the state where the writer lived ; Alabama , California , Connecticut , South Carolina , North Dakota , Florida , Texas , Utah , etc., etc. ) The Warbler - Notes on Birds ( amateur ornithology - readers observation of birds ; Anecdote of a Robin in Branford Connecticut , Notes on Birds in East Dixfield Maine , Men arrested by a game warden in California for killing Quail , Song Birds , Caring for Caged Birds by Lora S. La Mance of Missouri , a Rose-Breasted Grosbeak observed by 10 year-old Helen S. Readio of Massachusetts , the Song sung by a Mockingbird observed by Julia Reynolds in Glendale California , etc. ) Back Cover ; Calla Frangrans , Rose - Winter Gem , Boston Fern ------ 123 years old. Carefully packed for shipment to the buyer.
Price: 25 USD
Location: Coventry, Rhode Island
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Place of Publication: New York
Publisher: Floral Park
Subject: Outdoor & Nature
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1900
Amateur Birds Ornithology Warbler: Roses Peony Iris Window Garden
Flower Gardening Floral Park Tulips: Bulbs Cultivation Crocus Hyacinth
Language: English
Long Island Railroad: New York City
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Region: North America
Topic: Gardening
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
