Gardeners, gurus & grubs : the stories of garden inventors & innovations
Drower, G. M. F. (George M. F.)2001
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This book contains 50 stories of gardening inventions, innovations & discoveries. Among them, Thomas Hyl, who in 1577 devised the first water sprinkler & Henry Telende who, in 1720, used fermenting oak bark to grow England's first pineapple.
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Imprint:
Stroud : Sutton, 2001.
Collation:
xii, 260p. : ill., facsims., plan, ports. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-257) and index.
ISBN:
9780750925433 (hbk)
Dewey class:
635
Language:
English
BRN:
1591825
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