A Third Pot-Pourri (Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture) - Softcover

Earle, Mrs C. W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108076688 ISBN 13: 9781108076685

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

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. In 1903 she published this work, the third in a very successful series of writings about gardening, cookery, travel and art, but the emphasis in this book is very much on the importance of diet to health, though there are plenty of other topics. The final section of the book contains the last letters home of Mrs Earle's son Sydney, a captain in the Coldstream Guards, who was killed late in 1899 during the Boer War.

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Book Description

This 1903 work by Mrs C. W. Earle is the third in her successful series of writings about gardening, cookery, travel and art, but the emphasis here is on the importance of diet to health. The book also contains the last letters of Mrs Earle's son, killed in action in 1899.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108076688
• ISBN 13: 9781108076685
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 462