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Brought up among the extensive grounds of her family home at Didlington Hall in Norfolk, Alicia Amherst (1865-1941) was a keen gardener from an early age. Especially interested in socially beneficial gardening, she sat on the board of the Chelsea Physic Garden from 1900, encouraged the growing of smoke-resistant flowers in poor urban areas, and promoted the greater use of allotments and school gardens during the First World War. Long regarded as a significant work for its thorough yet accessible approach, this well-researched historical and horticultural survey first appeared in 1907 under...

Bei diesem Werk aus dem Jahr 1896 handelt es sich um ein Handbuch, das den Leser auf eine Reise in die englischen Garten in die Zeit vom 13. bis 19. Jahrhundert mitnimmt. Es handelt sich hierbei um eine englischsprachige Ausgabe.

Brought up among the extensive grounds of her family home at Didlington Hall in Norfolk, Alicia Amherst (1865 1941) was a keen gardener from an early age. Especially interested in socially beneficial gardening, she sat on the board of the Chelsea Physic Garden from 1900, encouraged the growing of smoke-resistant flowers in poor urban areas, and promoted the greater use of allotments and school gardens during the First World War. The product of four years' research, this learned and engaging work of horticultural history since Roman times was first published to great acclaim in 1895. It...