ISBN: 9781108076708 - my garden in the wilderness (cambridge library collection - botany and horticulture) (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. This 1915 account of gardening in the remote north-east of the subcontinent is both enjoyable and evocative of imperial India. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture. Num Pages: 202 pages, 77 b/w illus. BIC Classification: RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260. . 2016. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 200 pages. 8.43x5.43x0.71 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This story of an Indian garden was published in 1915. Its author, Kathleen L. Murray, was living in the remote north-eastern region of Bihar in the home of her brother, an indigo producer, and some of her musings on life and gardening in India had already been published in the periodical The Statesman. She viewed this work not as a guide, but 'merely a rambling record of some years in a garden' which combined European plants such as roses and sweet peas with natives such as cannas and beaumontias. Along with her gardening successes and failures over three years, the book provides insights into the life of the European woman in India - with no employment, and required to be both idle and aloof from the lives of the wider population. Murray's descriptive powers and enthusiasm for her garden make this book both enjoyable and evocative of imperial India.…