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Quotes from The Story of the Garden — Eleanour Sinclair Rohde

1881–1950 England

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The oldest Saxon book dealing with the virtue of herbs is the Leech Book of Bald, circa 900–950. This Leech Book was evidently the manual of a Saxon doctor and it is the oldest existing Leech Book written in the vernacular.

The Story of the Garden (1933)

Joseph Paxton, of the most noted gardeners of the day, entered the service of the Duke of Devonshire as an assistant gardener. In 1826 he was made head-gardener. His name at Chatsworth is chiefly associated with the remarkable palm-house he designed, which was begun in 1836 and finished in 1840.

The Story of the Garden (1933)

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