Henry Carter Hull

Trees, shrubs and vegetables are grown most effectively by absorbing the chemicals in the soil. The proper selection of shrubs and trees that are hardy in the cool climate saves the grower money. Many shrubs are advertised and shipped into stores for spring and fall planting without discrimination as to climate with the sole purpose of making sales. To guard against this, the author has selected those plants that are hardy and most likely to grow...

Rachel and Kirsty are close to finding Louise the Lily Fairy's petal on a little island. But then the goblins steal the petal, and the girls' boat. Can Louise save the day?

Drawing on sources both ancient and modern, and featuring lush full-color illustrations and gorgeous line art throughout, Potter examines our changing relationship with these potent plants and the effects they had on civilizations through the ages. The opium poppy, for example, returned to haunt its progenitors in the West, becoming the source of an enormously profitable drug trade in Asia. In the seventeenth century, the irrational exuberance of...

Contains photographs and descriptions of more than five hundred annual and biennial plants, grouped according to size and color; and includes tips on plant cultivation, routine care, and propagation.

Tia the Tulip Fairy's petal is lost in the apple orchard. Can Rachel and Kirsty find it before Jack Frost's goblins do?

Two sisters move in next door to where Mercy the pig lives, and frustrated when Mercy continues to eat their flowers decide to call for the help of an Animal Control Officer, Francine Poulet, to handle the case.