The Ideal Garden is a 1910 gardening handbook written by H. H. Thomas. It includes useful information and simple instructions on a range of gardening activities from preparing the soil and planting, to what flowers are best suited, seasonal considerations, and much more. The Ideal Garden represents a handy guide for gardeners new and old and would make for a worthy addition to allied collections. Contents include: The Ogre of Dogmatism , Garden Planting , A Chat about Roses , The Paved Garden , Fragrant Leaves and Flowers , A Garden of Heather , Gardening in Walls , The Dutch Garden , For and Against Bedding Out , October Leaves and Flowers , Rhododendrons and Azaleas , etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on the history of gardening.