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WHITTLE, TYLER - SOME ANCIENT GENTLEMEN - being an examination of certain people, plants, and gardens.

London, Heinemann, 1965. 1st edition. Black cloth boards / gilt, 25cmx15,5cm, Good condition. Illustrated by Sally Seymout. Not only a valuable gardening manual full of sound practical advice, but also an erudite and delightfully witty descourse on plants, gardens and those who make them. Contents: 1). Foreign gardenmakers. 2). English gardenmakers. 3). Botanical collectors. 4). Gardeners. 5). Conversions. 6). Materials. 7). Cultivating: some processes described. 8). In praise of vegetables. 9). A garden of herbs. 10). A prospect of flowers. 11). Rampants. 12). Fruits. 13). Boscage. 14). Ornament. 32 illustrations. With notes and an alphabetical list of the main wild and cultivated species mentioned in the text, together with their botanic names and page references. X + 244 pag.
EUR 19.00 [Appr.: US$ 20.44 | £UK 16.5 | JP¥ 3129] Book number 029144

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