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Languages : en
Pages : 166
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Every Lady's Guide to her own greenhouse, hothouse, and conservatory ... By a Lady
Author: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Victorian Women's Writing
Author: Lesa SchollPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030783189
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1753
Book Description
Since the late twentieth century, there has been a strategic campaign to recover the impact of Victorian women writers in the field of English literature. However, with the increased understanding of the importance of interdisciplinarity in the twenty-first century, there is a need to extend this campaign beyond literary studies in order to recognise the role of women writers across the nineteenth century, a time that was intrinsically interdisciplinary in approach to scholarly writing and public intellectual engagement.
A Little History of British Gardening
Author: Jenny UglowPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448104963
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Get out in your garden and discover the history hidden in the hedges. Did the Romans have rakes? Did the monks get muddy? Did potatoes seem really, really weird when they arrived on our shores? Drawn from Jenny Uglow's own love for plants, this lively 'potted' history of gardening in Britain takes us on a garden tour from the thorn hedges around prehistoric settlements to the rage for ornamental grasses and 'outdoor rooms' today. Tracking down the ordinary folk who worked the earth - from weeding women to florists - as well as aristocrats and grand designers and famous plant-hunters, A Little History of British Gardening is brought to life by gorgeously vivid illustrations and Uglow's insightful wisdom. Not only dealing with flowery meads, grottoes and vistas, landscapes and ha-has, parks and allotments, Uglow explains, for example, how the Tudors made their curious knots; how housewives used herbs to stop freckles; how the suburbs dug for victory in World War II. With a brief guide to particular historic or evocative gardens open to the public, this is a book to put in your pocket when planning a crisp, winter's day out - but also to read in your armchair with a well-earned glass of red, after a hard day's graft in your own garden. 'Enchanting, stirringly evocative and fascinating' Daily Mail 'This book will be a joy for any gardener' Independent
The Garden Diary of Martha Turnbull, Mistress of Rosedown Plantation
Author: Martha TurnbullPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807144118
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Recovered in the mid-1990s from the attic of a Turnbull family descendant, Martha Turnbull's garden diary offers the most extensive surviving first-hand account of nineteenth-century plantation life and gardening in the Deep South. Landscape architecture professor and preservationist Suzanne Turner spent fifteen years transcribing and annotating the original manuscript, making it accessible to twenty-first-century gardening enthusiasts. The resulting dialogue between Turnbull's diary entries and Turner's illuminating notes demonstrates the pivotal role that kitchen and pleasure gardens held in the lives of planter families. In addition, the diary documents the relationship between the mistress and the enslaved whose labor made her vast gardens possible. Turner's exquisite interpretation reveals not only an energetic gardener but also a well-read one, eager to experiment with the newest gardening trends. Illustrated with engravings from period books, journals, and nursery catalogs, Turner's annotations provide the reader with a deeper understanding of American horticultural history. The diary, spanning the years 1836 through 1894, reveals the portrait of a courageous and resilient woman. After the tragic loss of her two sons and husband prior to the Civil War, Martha assumed full responsibility for her family and the plantation. She endured living under siege during the war and persevered during Reconstruction by growing and selling food as a truck farmer. By working daily in her ornamental garden and faithfully maintaining her diary for nearly sixty years, she found the solace and peace to look forward to the future.
The Cow: Dairy Husbandry and Cattle Breeding, Etc
Author: Matthew Marmaduke MILBURNPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 148
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Ten Years in Australia
Author: Rev David MacKenziePublisher:
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Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society ...
Author: Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain)Publisher:
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 1128
Book Description
Vols. for 1846-55 include Proceedings at meetings of the society.
Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society of London
Author: Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
Volumes for 1869-1952 include Extracts from the proceedings of the Royal Horticultural Society.
The World in Its Workshops
Author: Esq. James WardPublisher:
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Category : Great Exhibition
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Author: H. D. Richardson