The Gardener's Colour Book by King, Mrs. Francis [Louisa Yeomans King] and Fothergill, John - 1929

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. 1st American edition. First published in England in 1927 and adapted here for the New England growing region. Designed to organize gardens by patches of flower color with calendars from May to September. The calendars show plant names, heights and bloom times. Colors are Apricot, Light Blue, Middle Blue, Dark Blue, Crimson, Magenta, Mauve, Orange, Pink, Purple, Salmon, Scarlet, Violet, and Yellow. Plenty of space for notes, along with three blank calendars for gardeners to add their own plants and colors. 46 unnumbered pages. Decorative linen hardcover in the original dust jacket. VG with light wear to the book. Some creasing and aging of the jacket, but intact with no significant flaws. Neat former owner signature on the first blank page. No notes written on the calendar pages. Sound, tight binding. Jacket is protected by a clear archival cover. Well-preserved overall.