Steward of the Land : Selected Writings of Nineteenth-Century Horticulturist Thomas Affleck /

In the first collection of published writings of Thomas Affleck (1812-1868), Lake Douglas re-establishes the reputation of a tireless agricultural reformer, entrepreneur, and horticulturist. Affleck''s wide range of interests-animal husbandry, agriculture, scientific farming, ornamental ho...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Affleck, Thomas, 1812-1868
Otros Autores: Douglas, Lake, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Affleck, Thomas, > 1812-1868.
Horticulturists.
Horticulture.
Gardening.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Horticulture.
GARDENING > Vegetables.
GARDENING > Reference.
GARDENING > Essays.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
gardening.
Jardinage.
Horticulture > États-Unis.
Horticulteurs > Mississippi > Biographies.
Horticulture > United States.
Horticulturists > Mississippi > Biography.
United States.
Mississippi.
Biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • COVER; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; EDITORIAL NOTE; I.A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS AFFLECK; 1. "Thomas Affleck: Missionary to the Planter, the Farmer, and the Gardener"; 2. Excerpts from "The Texas Career of Thomas Affleck"; II. SELECTED WRITINGS, 1840-1869; 3. From Western Farmer and Gardener; "Let Us Have a Horticultural Society!"; Growing Fruit; "Planting Fruit Trees"; "Pears"; Peaches-Information Wanted"; "Cultivation of the Water Melon"; "The Grape"; "Wine-Making"; On Gardens and Gardening; "The Garden"; "The Kitchen and Flower Garden-The Shrubbery and the Orchard"; On Bees; "The Bee."
  • "The Bee-No. 2""The Bee-No. 3"; "The Bee-No. 4"; On the Cultivation of Mulberries; "Save and Cultivate Your Mulberries: Success in Silk Growing"; Observations on Livestock in Kentucky; "Notes from Kentucky, by the Junior Editor"; Traveling into the Deep South; "A Trip to the South"; "A Trip to the South," Part 2; "A Bear Hunt in the Big Brake"; Letter to Charles Foster; "To Charles Foster, Esq: A Stroll in the Woods near Baton Rouge"; Observations from Mississippi; "Proceedings of the Agricultural Fair"; 4. From American Agriculturist and Southern Agriculturist.
  • "The Plantation Garden for the South" (from the American Agriculturist's Almanac for 1844)"Southern Agricultural Implements" (August 1844); "Dogs and Cats" (November 1844); On the Cotton Moth; "The Caterpillar" (1846); 5. Affleck's Contribution to a National Discussion of Agriculture: Agriculture in the State of Mississippi; "Essay on Grasses for the South" (1849); 6. Affleck in New Orleans: Daily Picayune Articles; "The Crops in Mississippi" (July 14, 1849); "Drainage of the City" (April 26, 1850); "Summer Flowers for the Parlor-The Fuchsia" (May 9, 1851); 7. On Roses.
  • "The Rose," Nos. 1-8 (New Orleans Daily Picayune, November-December 1856)8. The Health and Management of Enslaved Plantation Workers; "On the Hygiene of Cotton Plantations and the Management of Negro Slaves" (Southern Medical Reports, Vol. 2, 1851); 9. On Ornamental Trees and Shrubs; Article from the Natchez Daily Courier (October 24, 1854); 10. Letters from Texas; Weekly Telegraph, Houston (1858-66); Dallas Herald (June 23, 1866); 11. From Hedging and Hedging Plants, in the Southern States (1869); CHRONOLOGY: Thomas Affleck's Life and Related People and Events.
  • A NOTE ON THE THOMAS AFFLECK PAPERSINDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y.

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