Garden-Craft Old and New

Garden-Craft Old and New

Garden-Craft Old and New"What am I to say for my book?" asks Mr Stevenson in the Preface...
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Author: Sedding, John Dando,1838-1891
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Language: English
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Garden-Craft Old and New

Garden-Craft Old and New

¥2,188 ¥1,093

Garden-Craft Old and New

¥2,188 ¥1,093
Author: Sedding, John Dando,1838-1891
Format: eBook
Language: English

Garden-Craft Old and New

"What am I to say for my book?" asks Mr Stevenson in the Preface to "An Inland Voyage." "Caleb and Joshua brought back from Palestine a formidable bunch of grapes; alas! my book produces naught so nourishing; and, for the matter of that, we live in an age when people prefer a definition to any quantity of fruit." As this apology is so uncalled for in the case of this fruitful little volume, I would venture to purloin it, and apply it where it is wholly suitable. Here, the critic will say, is an architect who makes gardens for the houses he builds, writing upon his proper craft, pandering to that popular preference for a definition of which Mr Stevenson speaks, by offering descriptions of what he thinks a fine garden should be, instead of useful figured plans of its beauties! And yet, to tell truth, it is more my subject than myself that is to blame if my book be unpractical. Once upon a time complete in itself, as a brief treatise upon the technics of gardening delivered to my brethren of the Art-worker's Guild a year ago, the essay had no sooner arrived with me at home, than it fell to pieces, lost gravity and compactness, and became a garden-playthinga sort of[Pg vi] gardener's "open letter," to take loose pages as fancies occurred. So have these errant thoughts, jotted down in the broken leisure of a busy life, grown solid unawares and expanded into a would-be-serious contribution to garden-literature. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 38829
Author: Sedding, John Dando
Release Date: Feb 11, 2012
Format: eBook
Language: English

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