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ARCHITECTURE, HISTORIC HOMES & GARDENS
Barns, Sheds & Outbuildings: Placement, Design and Construction
This reprint of an 1881 book of plans and instructions for building barns, poultry houses, piggeries, carriage houses, dog kennels, bird houses, smoke houses, and root cellars, with charming illustrations. A great resource for identifying old structures. Byron D. Halsted, ed., reprinted 1994, 236 pp, $14.00, member price $12.60
Buyer’s Guide to Older and Historic Homes
From the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Richard Wagner, 32 pp, $12.00, member price $10.80
The Florist’s Manual for Cultivators of Flowers (1833)
One of the earliest American publications on horticulture written for the lay person. The manual helped its readers identify flowers by smell, size, shape, and color, and provided information on planting, requirements, pruning, dwarfing, as well as myths and poems associated with certain flowers. Illustrations also are featured. H. Bourne, reprint of the 1833 ed., hardcover, 288 pp, $17.95, member price $16.15
 Garden Notes of an Artist: The Garden Journals of Helen L. Smith
Beautiful works of art by the artist herself accompany this compilation of her garden journals. Tasker’s Chance Garden Club, 2005, $25.00, member price $22.50
Houses and Homes: Exploring Their History
This book provides historians and homeowners with research techniques and a historical framework to help them compose a house history. From insights into previous occupants’ lives to  questions about the house’s construction, it guides the reader through sources of information about residential structures, written records, oral testimonies, visual sources, and the house’s surroundings. Also explored are American building patterns, individual characteristics of houses of different regions, construction techniques and materials, technology and family life styles. Barbara J. Howe and others, 1997, 168 pp, $19.95, member price $17.95
Identifying American Architecture
A useful reference filled with illustrations and vivid descriptions. A great resource for study or to carry. John J.G. Blumenson, 1981, 128 pp, $16.95, member price $15.25
Identifying American Furniture
A handy reference with concise descriptions and illustrations. Milo Naeve, 1998, 108 pp, $14.95, member price $13.45
The Language and Sentiment of Flowers
This beautifully illustrated Victorian era book is a floral dictionary that unlocks the secret language used in the 19th century. James D. McCabe, 2003 reprint, hardcover, 96 pp, $12.95, member price $11.65
Plants of Colonial Days
This charming and informative book focuses on 160 trees, shrubs and flowers that are the principle ornamental species planted in the restored gardens of Colonial Williamsburg. Originally published in the 1950s, this meticulously researched will delight gardeners, flowers lovers and historians. Raymond L. Taylor, 1996, 107 pp, $4.95, member price $4.45
Pre-1800 Houses of Frederick County Volume I, Ballenger to Frederick
Ann Lebherz & Mary Margrabe, 1998, $19.95, member price $17.95
Pre-1800 Houses of Frederick County Volume II, Hauvers to Middletown
Ann Lebherz & Mary Margrabe, 2000, $19.95, member price $17.95
Pre-1800 Houses of Frederick County Volume III, Mount Pleasant to Woodville
The final volume in the series features images and historical context for over 175 historic properties in nine election districts including Mount Pleasant, New Market, Petersville, Thurmont, Tuscarora, Urbana, Walkersville, Woodsboro and Woodville. Also included are brief histories of communities located in the districts and descriptions of notable historic landmarks. This volume (unlike the previous two) features color photographic images of most houses and related sites. Ann Lebherz, Mary Margrabe & Sarah Drenning, 2002, $39.95, member price $35.95
Pre-1800 Houses of Frederick County SET: Volumes I, II & III—The complete series.
$72.00, member price $64.80
Preservation Information Booklet: The New Old House Starter Kit
From the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Richard Wagner, AIA, $6.00, member price $5.40
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Ice Cream Social
Thursday, August 21
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
HSFC Heritage Garden
History Symposium: Backcountry Dutch: German Colonial Heritage
Friday, September 12
9:00 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Frederick Community College Cougar Café
Bus Trip: Lancaster, PA
Friday, September 26
7:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Meet at Riverview Plaza Shopping Center
Goods from the Hearth
Saturday, October 14
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Museum of Frederick County History
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Formed from Prince George’s County in 1748, Frederick County originally included all of what are now Washington, Allegany, Garrett and Montgomery Counties, as well as part of Carroll County. Today, Frederick County is the largest county in land mass in Maryland. 