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A rage for rock gardening : the story of Reginald Farrar, gardener, writer and plant collector

by Nicola Shulman

Hardcover, 2002

Status

Available

Call number

920

Collection

Main Book Collection

Publication

London : Short

Description

This life of Reginald Farrer offers a window on the opulence and drama of Edwardian horticulture. "Half-poet, half-botanist", as Vita Sackville West described him, he was active during the last great age of plant-hunters, inspiring generations of gardeners with a love of flowers.

Subjects

Farrer, Reginald, 1880-1920

Gardeners Great Britain Biography

Language

Physical description

118 p.; 19 cm

ISBN

1904095216 / 9781904095217

Barcode

1853

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