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Tresco: England's Island of Flowers

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Descripción Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 160 pages. The Romans visited Scilly, and later the Vikings; but the islands had to wait till Victorian times before they were transformed into what they are today, and their transformation w as due to a most remarkable man. Augustus Smith was born into a r ich Nottinghamshire family, whose fortunes had been made in banki ng. As a young man, a strong social conscience motivated him to t ry by practical means to help the poor and unemployed. Local resi stance to his ideas inhibited his plans, however, so when he hear d in 1831 that the Duke of Leeds was giving up his lease from the Duchy of Cornwall of the Scillies, Augustus Smith bought the lea se; and it was principally to provide employment that the Lord Pr oprietor as he came to be called began to build his house and lay out his garden on Tresco. Bathed as it is in the warmth of the G ulf Stream, it was found that rare and exotic plants not possible to grow in other parts of the country could flourish there. A vi gorous traffic of seeds and plants began with Kew; and sub-tropic al species were sent from all parts of the world. The same family , the Dorrien-Smiths, still lives at Tresco, and every year some 30,000 people visit its quite remarkable garden. This book provid es both the story of the island and the family that developed it, and a pictorial record of what is to be seen in the garden. Ther e is a chapter of practical advice on growing and caring for sub- tropical species. Nº de ref. del artículo: 690l

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