Adventures of a Gardener. The second part of the

The second part of the book describes British aesthetic reactions to the people and landscape of Australia and the emergence of colonial art following the settlement at Port Jackson in 1788

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An article Daffodils in New Zealand by Henry Dyer and a report on the South Island National Show by P

Canterbury Horticultural Society Inc

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Adventures of a Gardener. The second part of thePeter Smithers. Sir Peter Smithers created four great gardens in his life, reaching maturity with that at Vico Morcote in Switzerland where, over a quarter century, he designed an ecosystem of exotics replete with magnolias, rhododendrons, camellias and tree peonies. The garden eventually contained more than ten thousand species and varieties of plant. This book is his reflections on the place and meaning of gardening in his life, and is illustrated