Hermann Jäger

Hermann Hunter ( born October 7, 1815 in Münchenbernsdorf; † January 5, 1890 in Eisenach ) was a German gardener and garden writer.

Hermann hunters learned the nursery at the Belvedere in Weimar, formed in different places further out, traveled to Italy in 1840, then studied at the Jardin de Luxembourg in Paris and otherwise made ​​the French pruning trees and was the Count Talleyrand -Périgord.

After visiting Belgium and England, he joined again in a Belvedere, then survived a short time in the Botanical Garden in Berlin, and in 1844 hired as head gardener in Eisenach, 1873 appointed grand ducal garden inspector.

Hunter created several parks, but was mainly engaged in literature. Of his very numerous writings on all branches of horticulture, his textbook of garden art (Berlin 1877) is particularly noteworthy.

Also on belletristischem area is a hunter occurred ( eg fishing village Roder stories, Weimar 1856). Since 1857, Hunter was co-editor of fluke "Garden Flora".

Works

• Publisher of: Illustrirte library of country wirth economic horticulture for gardeners, agriculturists and gardeners. With special reference to the fruit and Gemüsebaues and the garden plant in France and England First Abth. The Practical Fruit Gardener in three volumes
• Volume 1 The Nursery. Complete instructions for the cultivation of fruit trees to the operations of the nurseries in the large and small and to attract new fruit varieties from seed., 2nd edition, Leipzig, Otto spamer, 1860, 239 pp. With 65 printed in the text figures, 1 table etc.
• Volume 2 The pruning trees
• Volume 3 Fruit production, Leipzig, Otto spamer, 1860