The Book of Garden Management (Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture) - Softcover

Anonymous

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108049397 ISBN 13: 9781108049399

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

This anonymous work (the name of H. P. D., the author of the preface, is not known) was probably compiled by Samuel Orchart Beeton (1831-77), the publishing entrepreneur who made his wife's Book of Household Management one of the best-selling titles of the century. Published in 1871, it is a complete guide to gardening for the enthusiastic middle-class amateur, with instructions on everything from choosing the site to garden design, plants and cultivation, 'fountains, fish-ponds, and ornamental waters' to the use of colour, interspersed with a detailed calendar of tasks to be carried out each month. It is illustrated with line engravings and twelve plates (which can be viewed in colour online at http:www.cambridge.org/9781108049399), providing both practical information and a fascinating insight into the plants available to the Victorian gardener, the techniques for cultivating flowers, fruit and vegetables, and the then current trends in design and display.

About this title

Book Description:

This anonymous work was probably compiled by the publishing entrepreneur Samuel Orchart Beeton (1831-77). Published in 1871, it provides a fascinating insight into the plants available to the Victorian gardener, the techniques for cultivating flowers, fruit and vegetables, and the then current trends in design and display.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1108049397
• ISBN 13: 9781108049399
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 948