Walter P. Wright
Walter Page Wright was a prolific British horticultural writer. Four of his books are on the shelf; the preface to Beautiful Gardens describes the Kentish garden where he tested his methods.
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Pictorial Practical Rose Growing
Walter P. Wright · 1902
A 1902 rose manual built around its pictures: plans for rose gardens, the stocks roses are budded on (manetti, brier cuttings, seedling briers, hedgerow briers), propagation, soil and pruning.
Contents96 sections listed
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Pictorial Practical Vegetable Growing
Walter P. Wright · 1906
Plans for half-acre and one-acre vegetable plots, rotation and successional cropping, tillage, and how much manure each crop wants, from asparagus to celery. Wright’s preface claims vegetable growers are the…
Contents69 sections listed
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Garden Trees and Shrubs
Walter P. Wright · 1913
Trees and shrubs for the informal garden, 1913: woodland walks, shady water, shrub borders, common mistakes in planting and arranging for both shelter and beauty. The original was illustrated in colour.
Contents170 sections listed
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Beautiful Gardens - How To Make Them And Maintain Them
Walter P. Wright · 1914
Wright’s garden-making book, first copyrighted in 1909 (the archived copy is dated 1914): the ideal home garden, garden art, laying out, lawns and their adornment, herbaceous borders, roses and shrubs.
Contents96 sections listed