It is seldom that a practical guide to gardening attains the level of a literary masterpiece, still more seldom that a book on gardening can amuse and instruct even those who have no garden to plant., nor the faintest interest in acquiring one. The GardenerGC ?O s Year is a charismatic product of Karel CapekGC ?O s genius: amusing, informative, and full of a quizzical interest in people, animals and plants.In this new version, Geoffrey Newsome GC ?o the highly acclaimed translator of CapekGC ?O s witty Letters from England GC ?o has captured the grace and irony of the original Czech, to produce a volume that