The Ingenious Mr. Fairchild: The Forgotten Father of the Flower Garden - Hardcover

Leapman, Michael

9780312276683: The Ingenious Mr. Fairchild: The Forgotten Father of the Flower Garden
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A look at the earliest days of genetic engineering describes the life and times of Thomas Fairchild, an eighteenth-century London nurseryman who created the first human-made hybrid in Europe.

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Michael Leapman is an award-winning journalist who writes on gardening and other topics for several newspapers and magazines, including The Economist, The Garden, and Gardens Illustrated. He is a former editor of The Times Diary and was also the paper's New York correspondent. An authority on London, he has written and edited a number of books about the city including London's River and Eyewitness Guide to London. His first book, One Man and His Plot, was about the allotment in Brixton, South London, which he and his wife Olga still cultivate.

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  • PublisherSt Martins Pr
  • Publication date2001
  • ISBN 10 0312276680
  • ISBN 13 9780312276683
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages280
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