Flora Domestica: Or the Portable Flower-Garden
Elizabeth Kent
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Elizabeth Kent (1790–1861) lived in London, but wanted to live in the country. Dismayed at the number of pot-plants given to her which failed to thrive, she published this useful guide to container or 'portable' gardening in 1823. She had taught herself botany and foreign languages, and her sister's marriage to the radical poet and journalist Leigh Hunt brought her into contact with the Romantic circles. The book combines practical instruction on how to select plants which will thrive in containers, and in the polluted air of cities, with quotations on gardening and flowers from ancient as well as modern ... Read more
Elizabeth Kent (1790–1861) lived in London, but wanted to live in the country. Dismayed at the number of pot-plants given to her which failed to thrive, she published this useful guide to container or 'portable' gardening in 1823. She had taught herself botany and foreign languages, and her sister's marriage to the radical poet and journalist Leigh Hunt brought her into contact with the Romantic circles. The book combines practical instruction on how to select plants which will thrive in containers, and in the polluted air of cities, with quotations on gardening and flowers from ancient as well as modern ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
438
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781108076739
SKU
V9781108076739
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Ref
99-1
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