Second, greatly expanded edition of a popular instruction book for the planting and cultivation of flowers and fruit trees and the tending of a greenhouse, especially intended for young people and first published as De nieuwe Nederlandse bloem-hof. The text comprises five treatises, devoted to flowers in general, tulips, carnations, trees & tree fruits and orange & lime trees. Each treatise after the first has its own divisional title-page. All is taught in short chapters in clear and succinct instructions. The grafting of tree branches is illustrated with 4 engraved figures, each on a separate plate. The rarer, separately published Register lists hundreds of varieties of fruits and seeds, with extensive space left blank so that the reader can add other varieties. The preface notes that the book is especially intended for both amateurs and professionals, but especially for the young who will in the future own and care for flower gardens and orchards. The cultivation of flowers and the laying out of gardens had long been very popular in the Netherlands.
With a few quires somewhat browned and the sewing of one quire coming loose, but otherwise in very good condition. The spine is soiled and has a small worm hole, but is otherwise very good. Second edition of a practical manual by a professional florist and tree grafter. Ad 1: Kuijlen & Wijnands, p. 59; KVK & WorldCat (8 copies); STCN (3 of the same copies, incl. 1 lacking the frontispiece); ad 2: KVK & WorldCat (4 copies); STCN (3 copies).