{"id":6364,"date":"2022-08-30T15:30:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T22:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/?post_type=book&p=6364"},"modified":"2024-02-14T11:44:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T19:44:31","slug":"a-book-about-soils-for-the-home-gardener","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/book\/a-book-about-soils-for-the-home-gardener\/","title":{"rendered":"A Book about Soils for the Home Gardener"},"content":{"rendered":"

Henry Stuart Ortloff and Henry Bond Raymore established a landscape architectural firm in 1924, when both men were in their late 20s.\u00a0 They lived and worked for over 40 years at Apple Green, a late 18th<\/sup> century house in Huntington, New York on Long Island that was their combination home and office.\u00a0 According to Steve Whitesell, a landscape architect who completed a master thesis<\/a> about the partnership, they \u201cwrote frequently and eloquently on the development of the small residential garden.\u201d<\/p>\n

Their writing included numerous books and articles, and they were frequent speakers to garden clubs and plant societies.\u00a0 \u201cA Book about Soils for the Home Gardener\u201d is one of the earliest on this topic for a general audience.<\/p>\n

Whitesell indicates their partnership \u201cwas personal, as well as professional,\u201d concluding that \u201cboth men were discreet about this aspect of their lives, but they cohabitated openly and their partnership was apparently acknowledged and accepted by neighbors, clients, editors, and associates.\u201d<\/p>\n

A search of the archives of \u201cThe Long-Islander\u201d, a weekly newspaper published in Huntington, New York, finds frequent references to both.\u00a0 In the summer of 1949, they traveled to the UK and France, and Raymore sent biweekly journal reports of their travels to the newspaper, including commentaries on the dreadful food in post-war Britain and the pleasures of punting on the River Cherwell at Oxford.<\/p>\n

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Excerpted from Brian Thompson’s article in the Fall 2022 issue of the Arboretum Bulletin<\/em><\/p>\n

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Henry Stuart Ortloff and Henry Bond Raymore established a landscape architectural firm in 1924, when both men were in their late 20s.\u00a0 They lived and worked for over 40 years at Apple Green, a late 18th century house in Huntington, New York on Long Island that was their combination home and office.\u00a0 According to Steve Whitesell, a landscape architect who completed a master thesis about the partnership, they \u201cwrote frequently and eloquently on the development of the small residential garden.\u201d…<\/p>\n

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