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This vintage book contains a detailed guide to gardening, including historical information, planting, pruning, types of plants and flowers, tools, furniture, and much, much more. Profusely illustrated and full of timeless information, "Gardening" will be of considerable utility to modern green-fingered readers and would make for a fantastic addition to any collection. Contents include: "On Gardening in General", "Garden Operation", "Esculent Roots", "Esculent Bulbs", "Leguminous Vegetables", "Farinaceous Tribe and Salad Plants", "Ground-Blanches Vegetables", "Miscellaneous Vegetables", "Culinary Roots, Flowers, and Plants", "Pot-Herbs, Medicinal Plants", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of gardening.

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Publié par	Read Books Ltd.
Date de parution	15 septembre 2017
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781473341487
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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GARDENING.
Copyright 2013 Read Books Ltd. This book is copyright and may not be reproduced or copied in any way without the express permission of the publisher in writing
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Contents
A Short History of Gardening
On Gardening in General
Garden Operations
Esculent Roots
Esculent Bulbs
Leguminous Vegetables
Spinaceous Tribe and Salad Plants
Ground-Blanched Vegetable
Miscellaneous Vegetables
Culinary Roots, Flowers, and Plants
Pot-Herbs, Medicinal Plants
Manures, Pests, Storage and Profits
The Fruit Garden
The Flower Garden
A Short History of Gardening
Gardening is the practice of growing and cultivating plants as part of horticulture more broadly. In most domestic gardens, there are two main sets of plants; ornamental plants , grown for their flowers, foliage or overall appearance - and useful plants such as root vegetables, leaf vegetables, fruits and herbs, grown for consumption or other uses. For many people, gardening is an incredibly relaxing and rewarding pastime, ranging from caring for large fruit orchards to residential yards including lawns, foundation plantings or flora in simple containers. Gardening is separated from farming or forestry more broadly in that it tends to be much more labour-intensive; involving active participation in the growing of plants.
Home-gardening has an incredibly long history, rooted in the forest gardening practices of prehistoric times. In the gradual process of families improving their immediate environment, useful tree and vine species were identified, protected and improved whilst undesirable species were eliminated. Eventually foreign species were also selected and incorporated into the gardens. It was only after the emergence of the first civilisations that wealthy individuals began to create gardens for aesthetic purposes. Egyptian tomb paintings from around 1500 BC provide some of the earliest physical evidence of ornamental horticulture and landscape design; depicting lotus ponds surrounded by symmetrical rows of acacias and palms. A notable example of an ancient ornamental garden was the Hanging Gardens of Babylon - one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Ancient Rome had dozens of great gardens, and Roman estates tended to be laid out with hedges and vines and contained a wide variety of flowers - acanthus, cornflowers, crocus, cyclamen, hyacinth, iris, ivy, lavender, lilies, myrtle, narcissus, poppy, rosemary and violets as well as statues and sculptures. Flower beds were also popular in the courtyards of rich Romans. The Middle Ages represented a period of decline for gardens with aesthetic purposes however. After the fall of Rome gardening was done with the purpose of growing medicinal herbs and/or decorating church altars. It was mostly monasteries that carried on the tradition of garden design and horticultural techniques during the medieval period in Europe. By the late thirteenth century, rich Europeans began to grow gardens for leisure as well as for medicinal herbs and vegetables. They generally surrounded them with walls - hence, the walled garden.
These gardens advanced by the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries into symmetrical, proportioned and balanced designs with a more classical appearance. Gardens in the renaissance were adorned with sculptures (in a nod to Roman heritage), topiary and fountains. These fountains often contained water jokes - hidden cascades which suddenly soaked visitors. The most famous fountains of this kind were found in the Villa d Este (1550-1572) at Tivoli near Rome. By the late seventeenth century, European gardeners had started planting new flowers such as tulips, marigolds and sunflowers.
These highly complex designs, largely created by the aristocracy slowly gave way to the individual gardener however - and this is where this book comes in! Cottage Gardens first emerged during the Elizabethan times, originally created by poorer workers to provide themselves with food and herbs, with flowers planted amongst them for decoration. Farm workers were generally provided with cottages set in a small garden-about an acre-where they could grow food, keep pigs, chickens and often bees; the latter necessitating the planting of decorative pollen flora. By Elizabethan times there was more prosperity, and thus more room to grow flowers. Most of the early cottage garden flowers would have had practical uses though-violets were spread on the floor (for their pleasant scent and keeping out vermin); calendulas and primroses were both attractive and used in cooking. Others, such as sweet william and hollyhocks were grown entirely for their beauty.
Here lies the roots of today s home-gardener; further influenced by the new style in eighteenth century England which replaced the more formal, symmetrical Garden la fran aise . Such gardens, close to works of art, were often inspired by paintings in the classical style of landscapes by Claude Lorraine and Nicolas Poussin. The work of Lancelot Capability Brown, described as England s greatest gardener was particularly influential. We hope that the reader is inspired by this book, and the long and varied history of gardening itself, to experiment with some home-gardening of their own. Enjoy.
GARDENING.

CHAPTER I.
O N G ARDENING IN G ENERAL .
On Gardening in General - Situation - Cobbett s Account of the Kitchen-Garden at Waverley Abbey - Soil - Size of the Garden - Laying Out of the Ground - Lawns - Walks - Gravel Paths - Asphalte - Shell-Sand Paths - Garden Tools and Conveniences .
1. ON GARDENING IN GENERAL .-Almost endless amusement is to be derived from a garden, and perhaps there is nothing more interesting than to watch the fruition of our own handiwork through the different seasons as they succeed one another, almost an equal amount of pleasure being derived from seeing the results arise from well-ordered instructions , given to subordinates, as if they were literally the work of our own hands, though to genuine amateurs who take delight in a garden the pleasure is heightened when the work belonging to it is actually performed by themselves. All, however, cannot do this, nor is it by any means necessary, but what is indispensably essential is that whatever is done should be carried out upon an intelligent and definite principle, so as to ensure complete success.
To private persons, who seek only amusement from their gardens, an ample reward is secured in the fine dishes of fruit that are gathered with all its natural bloom and fragrance upon it, that contributes to the gratification of an innocent appetite; the fresh vegetables that are necessary to minister to our daily health; and the beautiful flowers, of varied form and colour, that carry a charm of refinement with them, and a delightful solace to the senses. Those who have imbibed a thorough taste for gardening find that their occupation never tires them, and this pastime is as interesting in their old age-if not more so-than it was in their early youth

To the English agriculturist, who farms for the sake of a living for himself and family, the cultivation of fruit and vegetables is likely in the future to become a matter of very serious consideration. Amongst the many speeches and recommendations that have been made to cultivators, during a somewhat lengthened period of agricultural depression, was a suggestion by a very eminent statesman that farmers should bestow more attention than they do upon the production of fruit, vegetables, and flowers . This suggestion has been a good deal derided by that sapient class of farmers who persistently go on year after year sowing their land with corn which they are unable to grow profitably; yet, instead of being a foolish one, it is eminently reasonable even in the case of flowers. For many years, in the neighbourhood of Mitcham, near London, a great many acres of land were entirely devoted to the growth of lavender , which found a ready sale in the great metropolis. Many nurserymen find they can make a large sum of money annually by rearing bedding-out plants, which they sell by auction in the bedding-out season, thanks to the love for flowers which is now entertained by many thousands of people, who spend a good deal of money upon them annually-a taste which the late Sir Joseph Paxton had a very considerable share in producing. In the neighbourhood of some of the large northern manufacturing towns, tons of rhubarb are cultivated, mostly of the large variety, which finds a quick sale amongst the working populations. Yet when Joseph Myatt, of Deptford, who was the first to grow rhubarb upon a large scale, sent his two sons to the Borough Market with five bunches, they could only sell three out of the five, and when, subsequently, one of the sons mentioned that it was his father s intention to plant an acre of it the next year, he was told that his parent was fast taking leave of his senses. Tons of the London-grown rhubarb used to be sent northwards daily, but where they now, as before said, grow it for themselves. Myatt was indebted to Mr. Oldacre, Sir Joseph Banks s gardener, for his first dozen roots of rhubarb, and his natural shrewdness led him to feel convinced that it would prove an edible of great utility, which the public would readily take to when once they became acquainted with its value, the kind being of a larger size and earlier variety than that which used commonly to be grown. How sorely rhubarb would be missed now, by thousands, aye, millions of children, who are regaled with a capital substitute for fruit puddings at a season of the year when such an addition is the most welcome to our table ! We could furnish many interesting particulars of a similar nature, but we have said enough to strike the key-note of our subject.
2. SITUATION.- Very much depends upon the situation of the garden, a gentle slope to th