The Garden of Asia Impressions from Japan [Paperback]

This 1904 account of new flora influenced English gardening style; the legacy of Farrer's plant introductions remains significant today.First published in 1904, this work describes the expeditions of the horticulturalist Reginald J. Farrer (18801920) in Asia. His accounts of new flora, and especially of rock gardens, influenced English gardening style, and the legacy of his writings and plant introductions remains significant today.First published in 1904, this work describes the expeditions of the horticulturalist Reginald J. Farrer (18801920) in Asia. His accounts of new flora, and especially of rock gardens, influenced English gardening style, and the legacy of his writings and plant introductions remains significant today.Reginald J. Farrer (18801920) was a traveller and plant collector who was an important influence on horticultural style in England. In 1902 he embarked on an expedition to Asia, where he was inspired by the rock gardens of Tokyo, Yokohama and Beijing, and discovered plant species such as Clematis macropetala, and the eponymous Geranium farreri and Viburnum farreri, which are now common in European gardens. In his first book, published in 1904, he records his experiences in Japan and other Asian countries, vividly recounting his impressions of, and his passion for, eastern landscape, terrain, plantations, forestry and flora, of which the aesthetic characteristics became central to the rockeries and shrubberies he created on his return home. Farrer died while on an expedition at the early age of forty, but the legacy of his highly influential writings and his wide-ranging plant introductions remains significant today.Preface; 1. Dai Nipon Banzai; 2. The metropolis of Japan; 3. The gardens of Tokio; 4. The greater gardens; 5. Housekeeping; 6. Inage: a sketch from Japan; 7. Shops and shopping; 8. Korea; 9. Impressions round Peking; 10. Nikko, Kekko; 11. Natai-San; 12. The Lady Little Willow Tree; 13. Shiba-no-tera; 14. Asakusa-no-Tera; 15. Uyenol��