Hugh Johnson's gardening companion : the principles and practice of the gardener's art
Details
Type of record: Book
Title: Hugh Johnson's gardening companion : the principles and practice of the gardener's art
Other titles: Gardening companion
Classmark: Bedford Collection E062
Creator(s): Johnson, Hugh (1939-)
Additional creator(s): Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner)
Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1996
Language: English
Size and medium: 272 pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/731251
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991019930776105181
Description
Includes index.
The four elements: & how plants interact with them -- Plants & the gardener: how plants work, are named, propagated & controlled -- Where plants come from: how plants are judged worthy of the gardener's time & where they have been grown -- A garden place for every plant: how gardeners have assigned ahorticultural niche to each category of plants & how they use them -- Composing the picture: how to use a discriminating eye to make & maintain a satisfying garden -- Roots in history: how modern ideas of gardening have developed in different cultures over centuries.
Provenance
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection E062: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford.
Access and usage
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