SOME ANCIENT GENTLEMEN - being an examination of certain people, plants, and gardens
by WHITTLE, TYLER
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Good condition.
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About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1965. Illustrated by Sally Seymout. Not only a valuable gardening manual full of sound practical advice, but also an erudite and delightfully witty descourse on plants, gardens and those who make them. Contents: 1). Foreign gardenmakers. 2). English gardenmakers. 3). Botanical collectors. 4). Gardeners. 5). Conversions. 6). Materials. 7). Cultivating: some processes described. 8). In praise of vegetables. 9). A garden of herbs. 10). A prospect of flowers. 11). Rampants. 12). Fruits. 13). Boscage. 14). Ornament. 32 illustrations. With notes and an alphabetical list of the main wild and cultivated species mentioned in the text, together with their botanic names and page references. X + 244 pag. . 1st edition. Black cloth boards / gilt. Good condition.. 25cmx15,5cm.
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- Bookseller
- Festina Lente (IT)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029144
- Title
- SOME ANCIENT GENTLEMEN - being an examination of certain people, plants, and gardens
- Author
- WHITTLE, TYLER
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good condition.
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- gardens gardenmakers gardeners vegetables herbs flowers rampants fruits gardening landscaping
- Size
- 25cmx15,5cm
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