The American Gardener (Modern Library Gardening): A Treatise on the Situation, Soil, and Laying Out of Gardens, on the Making and Managing of Hot-Beds and Green-Houses; And on the Propagation and - Softcover

William Cobbett

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812967372 ISBN 13: 9780812967371

Publisher: Random House Inc, 2003

Synopsis

Out of print since 1856, The American Gardener is perhaps the first classic work of American gardening literature. In it, William Cobbett, Victorian England s greatest and most gifted journalist, draws upon his experiences during a two-year exile on a Long Island, New York, farm to lay out the rudiments of gardening for American farmers and, ultimately, to tailor principles developed in wet, drippy, weed-prone British gardens to their fine, sun-drenched counterparts in America. Full of practical knowledge memorably imparted with Cobbett s gift for the indelible phrase, The American Gardener offers advice still useful today on all aspects of gardening, with special attention to those plants successful in the New World, including the artichoke ( indeed, a thistle upon a gigantic scale ) and the increasingly ubiquitous potato. Rediscovered 180 years after its composition, The American Gardener is evidence of a great mind and pen at work in the earliest days of American gardens. This Modern Library edition is published with a new Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg, a New York Times editorialist and the author of The Rural Life, Making Hay, and The Last Fine Time.

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Review:

Seasons wait for no man. Nature makes us her offers freely; but she will be taken at her word. --William Cobbett

Book Description:

This 1821 book is written in William Cobbett's characteristically robust style: he starts by explaining how to establish a garden, discusses soil improvement and the building of hot-beds and greenhouses, and gives instruction on the propagation and cultivation of vegetables, fruit trees, and ornamental plants.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0812967372
• ISBN 13: 9780812967371
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256