02935nam 22008174a 450 991095448500332120251116173547.01-134-34611-51-134-34612-397866139170101-283-60456-60-415-32449-11-280-03610-997866100361030-203-35699-310.4324/9780203356999 (CKB)1000000000255269(EBL)200531(OCoLC)310465143(SSID)ssj0000376576(PQKBManifestationID)11243457(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000376576(PQKBWorkID)10335339(PQKB)10716009(MiAaPQ)EBC200531(MiAaPQ)EBC5292551(Au-PeEL)EBL200531(CaPaEBR)ebr10098850(CaONFJC)MIL391701(OCoLC)56551236(Au-PeEL)EBL5292551(CaONFJC)MIL3610(OCoLC)1027171096(EXLCZ)99100000000025526920030707d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Roman book of gardening /John HendersonNew EditionLondon ;New York Routledge20041 online resource (163 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-203-68271-8 0-415-32450-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-141) and indexes.Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Note on the text; Preface: Preparing the ground; Introduction: Reserving a plot: from Virgil, Georgic Four; Produce in prose: from Columella 11; Flowery verse: Columella 10; Nature's miracles in Pliny's Encyclopaedia; A year in the garden with Palladius; Notes: Tying up loose ends; Further reading: Where next; Date chart: As and when; Indexes: Names and varieties; The Roman Book of Gardening brings together the Latin texts which teach and celebrate herb and vegetable gardening in verse and prose. Henderson provides the only book on the practice of Roman gardening.Gardens, RomanGardensRomeVegetable gardeningRomeHerb gardeningRomeGardens in literatureLatin literatureHistory and criticismGardens, Roman.GardensVegetable gardeningHerb gardeningGardens in literature.Latin literatureHistory and criticism.635/.0937Henderson John1948-725379MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910954485003321The Roman book of gardening4487001UNINA