Rose Georgina Kingsley

Rose Georgina Kingsley
Rose Georgina Kingsley (1845–1925) was a British writer and daughter of the renowned author Charles Kingsley. She is best known for her travel writings, particularly her book "South by West: or, Winter in the Rocky Mountains and Spring in Mexico," which recounts her adventures in the American West and Mexico. Kingsley also contributed to archaeology, conducting early excavations in Cyprus. Her work blended vivid travel descriptions with historical and cultural insights, reflecting her broad interests and intellectual curiosity.

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CHAPTER IMAKING AND PLANTING A ROSE GARDENHappy is the rosarian who is free to choose the spot in which to make his rose garden—to choose the ideal position, with ideal soil, in an ideal climate. Such fortuitous combinations are possible. But though they do not fall to the lot of one rose-lover in a hundred, it is still easy to find a bit of ground in which roses will flourish; for, with proper care,... more...

CHAPTER I. THE BUILDING OF THE ABBEY. Twelve hundred years ago, in the reign of King Sebert the Saxon, a poor fisherman called Edric, was casting his nets one Sunday night into the Thames. He lived on the Isle of Thorns, a dry spot in the marshes, some three miles up the river from the Roman fortress of London. The silvery Thames washed against the island's gravelly shores. It was covered with... more...