An Illustrated History of Gardening (Horticulture Garden Classic) - Hardcover
As aptly categorized in the foreword: "This is gardening at ground level, history with (you might say) dirty fingernails." The late son of the Huxley dynasty of scientists chronicles the derived-from-agriculture gardening techniques and implements invented and used across cultures and the centuries (everything but power mowers it seems). Huxley also considers more recent trends: greater numbers of leisure gardeners optimizing smaller lots, growing from seed, and organic gardening. Includes numerous b&w illustrations. Originally published by Paddington Press. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Gardeners will be astounded to discover how little of their craft is new. Most of the methods used today hark back to ancient civilizations and the gardens of Egypt, Rome, and Persia. Illustrated with hundreds of photographs and line drawings, An Illustrated History of Gardening is an authoritative tome tracing the history and development of this centuries-old craft. Grafting techniques, lawn care, propagation, irrigation, greenhousing, and specialty gardening are some of the topics thoroughly discussed and illustrated within this book. No less fascinating are the surveys of ideas about composting from ancient times through the experiments with commercially produced fertilizers carried out by Early American gardeners such as George Washington and Benjamin Franklin to a discussion of the relative merits of organic and chemical gardening. The gardener has always been a person of imagination and adaptability, and An Illustrated History of Gardening shows how this craft has survived for thousands of years. (83/4 X 111/4, 356 pages, b&w photos, illustrations)
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- PublisherLyons Pr
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 1558216936
- ISBN 13 9781558216938
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages352
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