The English Flower Garden Style, Position, and Arrangement [Paperback]

This 1883 best-selling gardening book revolutionised garden design in later Victorian England, advocating a more natural style.This work, first published in 1883, has been described as 'the most widely read and influential gardening book ever written'. Aimed at both amateurs and experienced gardeners, it sets out clearly the different types of plant suitable for each type of situation, and how to grow them.This work, first published in 1883, has been described as 'the most widely read and influential gardening book ever written'. Aimed at both amateurs and experienced gardeners, it sets out clearly the different types of plant suitable for each type of situation, and how to grow them.An Irish-born gardener and writer, William Robinson (18381935) travelled widely to study gardens and gardening in Europe and America. He founded a weekly illustrated periodical, The Garden, in 1871, which he owned until 1919, and published numerous books on different aspects of horticulture. Topics included annuals, hardy perennials, alpines and sub-tropical plants, as well as accounts of his travels. This book, his most famous work, was first published in 1883, and fifteen editions were issued in his lifetime. It has been described as 'the most widely read and influential gardening book ever written'. Aimed at both amateurs and experienced gardeners, it sets out clearly the different types of plant suitable for each type of situation, and how to grow them. Robinson advocated a revolution in garden design, rejecting the more formal flower-beds which had long been popular in favour of a more natural and individual style.Preface; Part I: Position and style; Examples from English gardens; Hardy plants and the modes of arranging them; Of hardy flowers; Spring flowers; Autumnal flowers; Hardy bulbs; Alpine, boy, and water plants and hardy ferns; The special culture of choice and 'florists' hardy flowers; The garden of sweet-smelling flowers; The garden of beautiful form; The wild garden; HalÓ$