A Gardener's Year by H Rider Haggard

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A Gardener's Year by H Rider Haggard

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Teil der Cambridge Library Collection - British And Irish History 19th Century-Serie

Zusammenfassung

Best-selling novelist Rider Haggard (1856–1925) was also a recognised expert on agricultural matters, and a keen and knowledgeable amateur gardener. This 1905 work is a diary of a year's work in his garden and glasshouses, and is a fascinating and beautifully written description of Edwardian horticultural taste and practice.

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A Gardener's Year by H Rider Haggard

H. Rider Haggard (1856–1925) is best known as the successful writer of adventure stories with exotic backgrounds such as King Solomon's Mines. However, he also served on a number of royal commissions, and in managing his wife's Norfolk estate became a recognised expert on agricultural matters. His A Farmer's Year (1898, also reissued in this series), recounts the work of the farm, together with observations on rural life and the state of agriculture in general. In 1905 he published this work, a diary of his garden in 1903. After an introductory chapter (with a plan) describing the the garden, orchard and glasshouses, and the staff he employed, the diary begins, relating the tasks and experiences of the year, from spraying against red spider mite in January to decorating the house with greenery on Christmas Eve. This beautifully written book reveals the horticultural taste and practice of the Edwardian era.

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SKU Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13 9781108044455
ISBN 10 110804445X
Titel A Gardener's Year
Autor H Rider Haggard
Serie Cambridge Library Collection - British And Irish History 19th Century
Buchzustand Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsjahr 2012-03-08
Seitenanzahl 470
Hinweis auf dem Einband Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.