In *The Power of Concentration (Complete Edition)*, William Walker Atkinson presents concentration as the central discipline through which thought, will, character, and practical achievement may be deliberately shaped. Combining psychological instruction, New Thought metaphysics, moral exhortation, and carefully sequenced exercises, the book addresses attention, mental imagery, self-command, persistence, and the elimination of distraction. Its prose is direct, aphoristic, and methodical, frequently addressing the reader in an encouraging imperative voice. Literary rather than scientific in its evidentiary standards, the work belongs to the early twentieth-century self-culture tradition, where spiritual philosophy and popular psychology converged in the promise of individual transformation. Atkinson (1862-1932) was a prolific American writer, lawyer, businessman, and influential figure in the New Thought movement. Writing under his own name and several pseudonyms, he helped popularize a synthesis of mesmerism, mental healing, Eastern-inflected philosophy, and practical success literature. His interest in concentration reflects the period's broader fascination with the power of mind, personal agency, and disciplined self-improvement, while also revealing the era's characteristic tendency to translate spiritual principles into techniques for everyday life. Readers interested in the history of self-help, New Thought, or modern ideas of productivity will find this volume especially rewarding. Its exercises invite practical experimentation, while its idealistic claims encourage critical reflection on the relationship between attention and achievement. The book is best approached both as a historical document and as a sustained manual of mental discipline.
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Donald Wyman was the horticulturalist at Harvard University's Arnold Arboretum for thirty-three years and is now horticulturalist emeritus. A former president and director of the American Horticultural Society, he has received the highest horticultural awards available to an American in Great Britain and the United States, including the George Robert White Medal from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, the Liberty Hyde Bailey gold medal from the American Horticultural Society, the Veitch Medal from the Royal Horticultural Society, and the Medal of Honor from the Garden Club of America. The author of Trees for American Gardens, Shrubs and Vines for American Gardens, The Saturday Morning Gardener, and Ground Cover Plants, Dr. Wyman lives in Weston, Massachusetts.
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William Walker Atkinson (1862-1932) was an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, as well as an occultist and an American pioneer of the New Thought movement. He is also known to have been the author of the pseudonymous works attributed to Theron Q. Dumont and Yogi Ramacharaka.
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"We all know that in order to accomplish a certain thing we must concentrate. It is of the utmost value to learn how to concentrate. To make a success of anything you must be able to concentrate your entire thought upon the idea you are working out. Do not become discouraged, if you are unable to hold your thought on the subject very long at first. There are very few that can. It seems a peculiar fact that it is easier to concentrate on something that is not good for us, than on something that is beneficial. This tendency is overcome when we learn to concentrate consciously. If you will just practice a few concentration exercises each day you will find you will soon develop this wonderful power."
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First published in 1971 and revised in 1977, Wyman's Gardening Encyclopedia has sold more than 100,000 copies and become a veritable bible for the gardeners of the United States and Canada. Now the dean of American horticulture has revised this classic once again. In addition to offering the best general advice on gardening practice, this updated and expanded edition includes:
* Up-to-the-minute information on safe use of pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides, along with a list of products that have been banned as unsafe since the publication of the last edition.
* New lists of quarantined plants, with the countries from which their importation is prohibited.
* Updated requirements for importing plants with minimum trouble.
* The newest and most popular varieties and hybrids now available, for hundreds of plants, along with their characteristics and requirements.
Whether you're an expert or an amateur, you'll find everything you need to know about planning, planting, and maintaining any kind of garden. Covering trees, shrubs, fruits, vegetables, herbs, flowers, and lawns, Wyman's Gardening Encyclopedia features:
* 9,500 different plants listed alphabetically by scientific name, cross-referenced for common names.
* The rating of all species for hardiness, keyed to the six-color Hardiness Zone map of the United States and Canada.
* Boldface listing of scientific name, height, hardiness rating, and common name for easy reference.
* Description of the ornamental value for each plant, so you'll know what it will contribute to your garden before you plant.
* 53 lists of plants and display gardens for quick, expert help in choosing plants for specific purposes and locations.
* 59 major articles on horticultural practices, from air-layering to greenhouse management, from mulches to tree surgery.
With nearly 1,300 pages, 10,000 articles, 206 drawings, and more than 100 photographs, Wyman's Gardening Encyclopedia is the most complete, authoritative one-volume gardening sourcebook on the market today.
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CONTENTS
MAJOR ARTICLES ON HORTICULTURAL PRACTICES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS
INTRODUCTION
FOREWORD TO REVISED EDITION
FOREWORD TO NEW EXPANDED SECOND EDITION
Air Layering
Aquarium, Culture in
Arboretum, How to Establish an
Autumn Color, Reasons for
Bayberry Candles, How to Make
Begonias, Tuberous, Culture of
Bonsai, Culture of
Budding
Cacti and Succulents
Christmas Decorations from Evergreens
City Garden, What to Grow
Compost
Cuttings
Diseases, Plant
Dried Plant Materials for Arrangements
Electric Hotbeds
Espalier, Methods and Plants for
Ferns, Culture of
Fertilizer, Amounts to Apply
Flower Arrangement
Flower Shows, Judging Schedules
Fluorescent Light Gardening
Forcing Cut Branches into Flower
Frames, Cold
Fruit Trees, Dwarf
Fungicides, List of
Garden Fixtures
Garden Planning
Grafting
Greenhouse Management, Home
Hanging Baskets
Hedges, Culture of and List
Herbs, Culture of and List
Hydroponics
Insecticides
Lawns
Layering
Mulches
Mushroom Growing
Orchard, The Home
Orchids, Culture of
Order of Bloom
Pit House
Propagation
Pruning
Quarantines, Plant
Registrars of Plant Names
Rock Garden
Roof Garden
Seashore Garden
Seed Dormancy
Seed Collection Dates (of Woody Plants)
Soil Operations
Tree Surgery
Vegetable Garden, Home
Water-Gardening
Weed Controlling Chemicals
Window Box
Winter Protection
LISTS OF PLANTS
(Also Experiment Stations, Societies and Display Gardens)
Acid Soil, Plants for
All America…