Robert Thompson; William Watson — The Gardener&Apos;S Assistant: A Practical and Scientific Exposition of the Art of Gardening in All Its Branches

London, The Gresham Publishing Company, 1900-1902. Cloth. The complete revised edition of this instructive and extensive gardening guide, charmingly illustrated, including with colour plates. Complete in six volumes. The new edition, revised and entirely remodelled under the direction and general editorship of William Watson. Bound in the publisher's original green pictorial cloth. Each work is illustrated with a colour frontispiece and two further colour plates. Numerous figures can also be found in the text, and, excluding Volume I, all volumes similarly include six monochrome plates. Collated, complete. Originally published in 1859, this work by eminent Victorian gardener Robert Thompson provides a comprehensive and detailed collection of tips and techniques for gardening, from fruit to flowers.     Bound in the publisher's original green pictorial cloth. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing, leading to minor loss of cloth and fraying to the extremities and a few small tears to the spine heads and tails. Boards are occasionally marked, more so to volumes V and VI, the front board of Volume VI also being visibly creased. Internally, firmly bound. All works are a little age toned and sporadically spotted, heavier to the first and last few pages of each volume and more prominent towards the front of Volume VI,, the rear paste down also exhibiting a faint tide mark. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .