The World in Your Garden, National Geographic Society, 1957

The World in Your Garden, National Geographic Society by Wendell H. Camp, Victor R. Boswell, and John R. Magness.  Foreword by Melville Bell Grosvenor and paintings by Else Bostelmann.

This beautifully illustrated volume, a part of the National Geographic Natural Science Library, is a first edition published in 1957. Filled with gorgeous paintings, striking mid-century photographs, and lovely poetry, this lovely hardcover book offers an armchair trip around the world through plants of all kinds -- ornamentals, flowers, fruits, and vegetables. 

At 232 pages, there is something for every style of gardener and world traveler.  Chapters range from "The Art of Flower Arranging" to "from Medieval European Gardens" to "Greeks and Romans Grew Kale and Collards" to "The Apple is King". 

Bring this delightful book into your home and travel the world through its gardens.