| Pot-Pourri from a Surrey Garden Contributor(s): Earle, Maria Theresa (Author) |
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ISBN: 110807667X ISBN-13: 9781108076678 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $44.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Horticulture - Gardening | Landscape - Social Science | Agriculture & Food |
| Dewey: 635.04 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.11 lbs) 400 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mrs C. W. Earle (1836-1925) was born into the minor aristocracy as Maria Theresa Villiers. After training as an artist, she married Captain C. W. Earle, who inherited family property which enabled a comfortable lifestyle with a town house in London and a small property with a large garden in Surrey. Earle's designs for her garden were much admired by her artistic and literary circle, and she was encouraged to write down her gardening advice. With the help of her niece, Lady Constance Lytton (who provides an appendix on Japanese flower arranging), she published this book, the first of three, in 1897, and it was a great and immediate success. The reader is addressed directly and engagingly on topics ranging from gardening and cookery books to planting schemes, healthy recipes, interior decoration, and the rearing of boys and girls, together with plenty of practical advice on all aspects of gardening. |
