Project Gutenberg 2012-08-21 Public domain in the USA. 85 Forbes, James 1773 1861 Journal of a Horticultural Tour through Germany, Belgium, and part of France, in the Autumn of 1835 To which is added, a Catalogue of the different Species of Cacteæ in the Gardens at Woburn Abbey. Produced by Maria Grist and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Journal of a Horticultural Tour through Germany, Belgium, and part of France, in the Autumn of 1835" by James Forbes is a travelogue and horticultural account written in the early 19th century. The work documents the author’s observations and experiences during an extensive tour of various gardens and botanical collections across the three mentioned countries. The primary focus of the book is to detail the horticultural practices, plant species, and garden designs encountered during this journey, particularly emphasizing the cultivation of Cacteæ and other botanical varieties. At the start of the journal, Forbes outlines the purpose of his expedition, which was initiated by the Duke of Bedford to expand knowledge among British gardeners by observing continental gardening techniques. The opening sections detail his journey from England to Hamburg, marked by vivid descriptions of the landscapes and towns encountered along the way. Forbes visits a variety of nurseries and botanical gardens, noting the health and variety of plants, particularly exotic species that are less common in England. His reflections touch on the differences in cultivation methods and provide insights into the state of horticultural knowledge in the various regions he explores. Overall, the beginning of the journal sets a reflective tone on the horticultural advances in Europe and prepares the reader for a detailed exploration of plant life and botanical gardens in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Cactus Botanical gardens -- Europe QK Text Browsing: Nature/Gardening/Animals Browsing: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming Browsing: Travel & Geography 440855 440791 2024-09-17T06:53:04.386636 2023-09-17T15:01:53.395245 text/html text/html 447971 2012-08-21T15:15:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 123253 2012-08-21T15:15:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 205308 2024-09-17T06:53:15.150591 application/epub+zip 210562 2024-09-17T06:53:07.457625 application/epub+zip 200530 2024-09-17T06:53:06.245623 application/epub+zip 519951 2024-09-17T06:53:19.647548 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 483382 2024-09-17T06:53:14.232576 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 288244 2022-09-18T14:46:05.216419 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 371876 371623 2024-09-17T06:53:02.534688 2023-09-17T15:01:51.611232 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 371041 2012-08-21T15:15:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 120343 2012-08-21T15:15:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 371140 2012-08-21T15:15:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 119898 2012-08-21T15:15:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20453 2024-09-17T06:53:19.797550 application/rdf+xml 24928 2024-09-17T06:53:06.669609 image/jpeg 4595 2024-09-17T06:53:06.458601 image/jpeg 203410 2024-09-17T06:53:04.418662 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog