Memories of Gardens - With a Memoir by the Right Hon. Sir Rowland Blennerhassett - With Two Portraits and Illustrations by D. S. Maccoll, W. Alister Macdonald, Elizabeth Blanche Shand, and Donald Maclaren

📕 "Memories of Gardens" is a vintage book by Scottish writer Alexander Innes Shand. It comprises some of his recollections relating to gardens he has had and known, as well as various country pursuits he has taken part in and other related subjects. Alexander Innes Shand (1832 - 1907) was a Scottish author and barrister well known for his journalistic, critical, biographical, and travel writing. Other notable works by this author include: "Against Time" (1870), "Shooting the Rapids" (1872), and "Letters from the Highlands" (1884). Contents include: "Memories of Gardens", "My Garden and Aviary", "Scottish Gardens", "Cottage Gardens", "On the Continent", "The Tramp in Summer", "Scottish Games", "Golf", "Curling", "The Old Bowling Green", "Angling Recollections", "The Last of the Road", etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on this history of gardening.