English Gardener - Couverture rigide

Cobbett, William

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0192177087 ISBN 13 : 9780192177087

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1980

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Enclosing the Garden, and of the Walls and other Fences applicable to the purpose. The Situation having been fixed on, the Soil prepared, the Form determined on, and the enclosures made, the next thing that will be presented to the reader will be the manner of laying out the ground within the enclosure, whether into plats, borders, or otherwise. 3. The third Chapter will form a sort of Episode, disconnected with the general course of the work. It will treat of the managing of Hot-beds and Green-houses: that is to say, it will treat of the management of things which are to be produced by artificial heat; and that are cultivated by rules exclusively adapted to this species of gardening. I shall not treat of Hot-houses, the management of those being a science of itself, having nothing to do with gardening in general, and of use to comparatively very few persons. My object will be to make a book of general utility; to do this, moderate bulk and moderate price are requisites; and, to have these, the management of hot-houses must be necessarily excluded. 4. The fourth Chapter will treat of Propagation and Cultivation in general. First, of the sort of the seed, and of the methods of procuring true seed, and of ascertaining whether it be sound :next, of the manner of harvesting and of preserving seeds :next, of the manner of sowing seeds; next, of transplanting plants: next of the after cultivation, until the plant be fit for the uses for which it is intended. 5. After these general observations on propagation and cultivation, there will follow in Chapter V. a complete list, in alphabetical order, of all kitchen-garden plants, including pot-herbs, with particular instructions relative to each plant; so that these instructions, together with the readers previous knowledge respecting propagation and cultivation in general, will leave nothing that will be unknown to hi
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À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0192177087
• ISBN 13: 9780192177087
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256