A bouquet of garden writing : selected from five grand masters / edited and introduced by Ursula Buchan.

Title & Author:

A bouquet of garden writing : selected from five grand masters / edited and introduced by Ursula Buchan.

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publication:

Description:

191 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes indexes.
Selected from the writings of Gertrude Jekyll, Vita Sackville-West, William Robinson, E.A. Bowles and Reginald Farrer.
Originally published in the U.K. in 1986 under the title: An anthology of garden writing.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-186).
William Robinson 1838-1935 -- Gertrude Jekyll 1843-1932 -- E.A. Bowles 1865-1954 -- Reginald Farrer 1880-1920 -- Vita Sackville-West 1892-1962 -- Plant hunting -- Garden design -- Growing plants -- Herbaceous plants -- Rock gardens and alpines -- Trees and shrubs, including roses -- Bulbs -- The protected garden -- greenhouses and flower arranging -- Water gardens: scent the seasons -- The gardener's enemies -- The philosophy of gardening.

ISBN:

0879236582
9780879236588

Subject:

Gardening.
Jardinage.
gardening.

Added entries:

Buchan, Ursula.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 31250
Call No.: ID:88-B313
Status: Available

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