My Garden in Autumn and Winter concludes the three-volume chronicle of a master gardener's year. Facing the "unwelcome" advent of winter, Edward Augustus Bowles (1865-1954) does not flinch from remarking on the decline of many of the treasured plants we have come to know in My Garden in Spring and My Garden in Summer. But this is no elegy to the garden. The author's encyclopedic knowledge of plants shines through these pages and disproves the myth that autumn and winter are only a time to put the garden to sleep. No passionate gardener will leave this book without a long list of intriguing and attractive plants to try in the colder months, or without ideas to keep the garden fresh and alive even during the darkest days. This edition is complete with a full update of plant names compiled by botanist Peter Barnes and a new preface by Charles Elliott. A map of Bowles's garden at Myddelton House has also been included.
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This title marked the third installation in Bowles's year-long observations that began with My Garden in Spring and My Garden in Summer. Though concentrating on what primarily is the dormant time of the year, the author contends that gardens nonetheless need to be maintained in the colder months. Since plants are still plants and dirt is still dirt, this 1915 volume will continue to bear fruit in appropriate collections.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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In this facsimile of the original 1915 edition, comprising the final volume in E.A. Bowles' classic garden trilogy, the reader is led through his garden one last time before winter sets in. Includes fine plant descriptions, as well as wit, philosophy, and humor in abundance. Includes b&w photographs of the garden at Myddelton, with a modern map and a nomenclatural update. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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IN the garden Summer melts into Autumn as gradually as the fading from one to another of the dissolving views that delighted the children and enlivened parish entertainments some half a century ago. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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autumnal species, first sharp frost, pergola garden, small corms, autumn crocuses, autumnal tints, ray florets, yellow anthers, rich crimson Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Botanical Magazine, Autumn Crocuses, Butcher's Broom, New Zealand, Belladonna Lilies, Canon Ellacombe, Michaelmas Daisies, Saffron Crocus, Sydenham Edwards, Amaryllis Belladonna, Lombardy Poplar, Tree Ivies New!
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- My Garden in Summer (My Garden Series) by E. A. Bowles in Front Matter
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- In a Green Shade: Writings from Homeground by Allen Lacy on page 171, and Back Matter
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