A History of Gardening in 50 Objects by George Drower -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Contents Introduction 1 Tools of the Trade

1 Chuko Liang’s Wheelbarrow 2 Bertrand de Moleville’s Secateurs 3 George Acland’s Jute Twine 4 William Barron’s Tree-mover 5 Carl Nyberg’s Flame-gun

2 Plant Finders

6 Pietro Matthiolus’s Tomato 7 Mark Catesby’s New World Depictions 8 John Bartram’s Plant Boxes 9 Nathaniel Wallich’s Rhododendron 10 ‘Chinese’ Wilson’s Regal Lily

3 Water Features

11 Archimedes’ Waterscrew 12 Thomas Hyll’s Sprinkler 13 Ignace Dubus-Bonnel’s Fibreglass Pond 14 Henry Bewley’s Gutta Percha Hosepipe

4 Growing Exotics

15 Salomon de Caus and his Orangery 16 Henry Telende’s Pineapple 17 Chabannes’s Greenhouse Central Heating 18 George Stephenson’s Cucumber

5 Lawns

19 Pliny the Younger’s Lawn 20 John Jaques II’s Croquet 21 Charles Cathcart the Moss-gatherer 22 Karl Dahlman’s Flymo

6 Supports, Climbers and Hedges

23 Cicero’s Trellis 24 Christopher Columbus and the Wigwam Frame 25 William Chambers’s Bamboo 26 Christopher Leyland’s Monster Hedge Tree

7 Fertilisers and Pest Controls

27 Columella’s Soil Test 28 Leonard Mascall, Grub Catcher 29 Robert Sharrock’s Mole Trap 30 William Forsyth’s Tree Plaster 31 John Bennet Lawes’s Superphosphate

8 Garden Writings

32 Richard Bradley’s History of Succulent Plants 33 Carl Linnaeus and his Plant Classification 34 Jane Loudon’s Gardening for Ladies 35 Robert B. Thomas’s Old Farmer’s Almanac 36 William Robinson’s English Flower Garden

9 Gardening Movements

37 Theophrastus’ Roses 38 Alexandre Dumas and the Camellia Craze 39 Titus Salt’s Allotments 40 Mary Montagu’s Language of Flowers 41 Eve Balfour, the Soil Association Guru

10 Nurseries

42 John Gerard the Herbalist 43 John Tradescant’s ‘Ark’ 44 Thomas Fairchild’s ‘City Gardens’ 45 Robert Prince’s Long Island Nursery 46 Telford’s Mail-order Catalogue

11 Containers

47 Ramses III’s Flowerpots 48 Guen-ming’s Bonsai 49 Nathaniel Ward’s Wardian Case 50 Fisons’ Gro-Bag