1. To Please the Common Sort: The Readership of Gardening Books -- 2. Wrung Out of the Earth: The Knowledge and Experience of Gardening Writers -- 3. Purity Or Pot-Pourri: Variety of Style in Gardening Literature -- 4. Perfect Happiness: Forms of Pleasure in Gardening -- 5. Adam and Eve: Religion and Morality in Gardening Literature -- 6. From Cradle to Grave: Youth and Age in Gardening Books -- Appendix: Specialist Gardening Booksellers
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-209) and index