Pot-Pourri from a Surrey Garden

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-108-07667-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 562 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Earle, Maria Theresa

Earle, Maria Theresa Villiers

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; January; February; March; April; May; June; July; August; September; October; November; December; Sons; Furnishing; A day in London; Health; Amateur artists; Daughters; Appendix; Index.