Vintage 1950s Gardening Book - Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening Edited by Norman Taylor - 1956 Edition tea party decor With its soft green color

With its soft green color (a shade that lies somewhere in between the interior of a lime and the interior of an avocado)

and interior pages are clean and bright

Unusual in the fact they both shared equal space in the kitchen preparing daily meals

The Ebony Cook by Freda Deknight

Each map measures 6

Vintage 1950s Gardening Book - Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening Edited by Norman Taylor - 1956 Edition tea party decor With its soft green colorExpert knowledge and advice translated into the simplest possible terms {HISTORY} That quote above is from the preface to the original Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening published in 1936 and remained the guiding principle across several reprintings of this helpful gardening and landscape design guide from the 1930s 1950s. This edition was printed in 1956 and contains over 1200 pages of interesting and comprehensive information on practically