Decorating With House Plants, Ruth Gannon, 1952 anatomy art and Herbert Pierce

and Herbert Pierce

whose advocacy for natural planting transformed Victorian and Edwardian garden design

This hardcover with dust jacket is a 4th printing by The Citadel Press from 1946

one by Simonson on the United States

This set works especially well for decorative use in libraries

Decorating With House Plants, Ruth Gannon, 1952 anatomy art and Herbert PierceDecorating with House Plants by Ruth Gannon, published in 1952 by The Studio Publications, is a mid century guide to selecting, caring for, and arranging house plants in the home. The book covers flowering plants, foliage plants, vines and trailers, bulbs for indoor bloom, orchids, cacti and succulents, gift plants, and plants grown from seed. Additional chapters address pruning and propagation, soil mixing and feeding, insect control, and decorative