Excerpt from Old-Fashioned Gardening: A History and a Reconstruction When the idea of this book first came to me, long ago, suggested by the question that has continually been asked me by a great many people, it shaped itself in my imagination as something very dif ferent from what I now find the actuality to be. The sorcery of the phrase was upon me; and I never dreamed that old-fashioned gardening could lead me on other than a gentle, sweet and sentimental pilgrimage through owery ways, along which fine, shadowy figures ...
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Excerpt from Old-Fashioned Gardening: A History and a Reconstruction When the idea of this book first came to me, long ago, suggested by the question that has continually been asked me by a great many people, it shaped itself in my imagination as something very dif ferent from what I now find the actuality to be. The sorcery of the phrase was upon me; and I never dreamed that old-fashioned gardening could lead me on other than a gentle, sweet and sentimental pilgrimage through owery ways, along which fine, shadowy figures itted to keep me goodly, if ghostly, company. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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