O how the family affections combat.
With a wealth of little-known stories of Animals some benign others less so this entertaining book illustrated with cartoons is the perfect gift for avid gardeners and animal lovers alike..
Taking the reader on a journey from the armadillos owned by merchants in the City of London in the 18th century and nourished on Garden earthworms to Queen Charlotte s zebra which was accommodated close to her house at Buckingham Gate and renowned for its filthy temper - perhaps caused by nicotine addiction it was fed on bread meat and tobacco - here are quirky tales of Animals in the Garden through the centuries.
This is just one of the stories in this entertaining book which brings together two of the Englishman s great loves Animals and the garden.
Perhaps one of the less known facts about the Pre- Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti is that he kept wombats in his Garden at Cheyne Walk London to whom he and Christina addressed poetry he also kept zebu - a type of cattle .
Can peace be gained until I clasp my wombat.
Within this heart and each hour flings a bomb at my burning soul Neither from owl nor from bat.
O how the family affections combat
