48 AMATEUR GARDENING11 MAY 2019
35 years of practicaladvice
Oldest Gardening Magazine
Amateur
1884 2019
ThisextractfromAG6 May 1916 shows‘The
WorkfortheWeekIllustrated’,withtipson
sowingsalsify,plantingoutliliesand ‘the
art of planting hanging baskets’.
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