The Garden Decorative" is a classic guide to gardening with a special focus on aesthetics and beauty. This timeless volume includes fantastic tips and simple instructions for creating and maintaining a variety of attractive garden features, including rock gardens, lawns, flower beds, outside structures, and much more. Highly recommended for green-fingered enthusiasts looking for inspiration and not to be missed by collectors of vintage gardening literature. Contents include: "Some Causes Why Gardens Fail to be Beautiful", "A Few Words on Style", "The Decorative Use of Bulbs", "Summer and Autumn-Flowering Bulbs", "A Study of Lawns and Their Treatment", "Plants that Succeed in Heavy Soil", "Flowering Plants Suitable for the Hot, Dry Border", "The Rock Garden", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on the history of gardening.