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Patrick Neill - Doyen of Scottish Horticulture (Paperback, New)
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Patrick Neill - Doyen of Scottish Horticulture (Paperback, New)
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Discovery Miles 4 780
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Descended from a Haddington family of printers and booksellers,
Patrick Neill became head of the most prestigious printing firm in
Edinburgh. Leaving his manager to run the business, he devoted his
life to writing, natural history, horticulture and civic duties.
His early tour of Orkney and Shetland provided an insight into the
social life of the islands and he regaled readers of the Scots
Magazine with an intriguing running commentary on events in the
Lothians. His survey of both private and commercial gardens and
orchards in Scotland was a landmark publication and he published a
perceptive account of his travels in northern Europe to discover
whether any of their horticultural methods might be worth adopting.
As a founder member and secretary for 40 years of the Royal
Caledonian Horticultural Society, he was a key figure in its
successful establishment. He was also a founder member and
secretary of the Wernerian Natural History Society, whose origins
related to the dominating geological controversy of that era. His
role as secretary brought him into contact with most of the natural
scientists in Scotland and distinguished botanists and other
scientists were frequently around Neill's dinner table. His wide
circle of friends included famous figures such as William Jackson
Hooker and his son Joseph, Robert Brown, Sir William Jardine, Sir
Calverly Trevelyan, Robert Stevenson, the McNabs, father and son,
of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and the maverick botanist
George Don. To cap it all Neill won national recognition for the
unparalleled diversity of species of plants, including
newly-introduced species, in his remarkable garden at Canonmills.
According to Loudon, the famous landscape designer, it was the
richest urban garden in the country. This engaging book contains a
wealth of historically valuable observations and also an insight
into Edinburgh's scientific scene in the early 19th century.
Patrick Neill is revealed as one the most interesting Scotsmen of
the 19th century in terms of the variety of enterprises he fostered
and the friendships he enjoyed with so many natural scientists of
his day.
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