book, Yates Garden Guide, 1952

Historical information

In 1895 Arthur Yates wrote the first Yates Garden Guide, a basic gardening book that is still published today.

Significance

This is an early example of a book commonly used as a gardening reference tool.

Physical description

A soft covered book, titled "Yates' Garden Guide". "YATES' is in red print and the rest in blue. In the centre is a circular picture of a smiling woman in a V-necked check dress holding a basket of colourful flowers. Below this on the right is "1952 25th EDITION THOROUGHLY REVISED Price 4/6" . On the left are details of the publishing company.

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