This story of an Indian garden was published in 1915. Its author, Kathleen L. Murray, was living in the remote north-eastern region of Bihar in the home of her brother, an indigo producer, and some of her musings on life and gardening in India had already been published in the periodical The Statesman. She viewed this work not as a guide, but 'merely a rambling record of some years in a garden' which combined European plants such as roses and sweet peas with natives such as cannas and beaumontias. Along with her gardening successes and failures over three years, the book provides insights into the life of the European woman in India - with no employment, and required to be both idle and aloof from the lives of the wider population. Murray's descriptive powers and enthusiasm for her garden make this book both enjoyable and evocative of imperial India. INDICE: Introduction; Part I: Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Part II. First Year in the New Garden: Chapter 6: May; Chapter 7: July; Chapter 8: August; Chapter 9: October; Chapter 10: November; Second Year in the Garden: Chapter 11: April; Chapter 12: May; Chapter 13: July; Chapter 14: September; Chapter 15: October; Chapter 16: November; Part III. Third Year in the Garden: Chapter 17: January; Chapter 18: February; Chapter 19: April; Chapter 20: The last June.
- ISBN: 978-1-108-07670-8
- Editorial: Cambridge University Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 202
- Fecha Publicación: 19/02/2016
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés