The plants that shaped our gardens / David Stuart.
The plants that shaped our gardens / David Stuart.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2002.
Date
2002.
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NQ635.9/38
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Language
English
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Physical content
208 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 6 Introduction 152 The Rock Garden -- 10 Treasure in the East 168 Water Gardens -- 26 Unravelling the Knot 188 Counter-revolution -- 42 The American Garden -- 66 The Bedding Garden -- 82 Classic Herbaceous Borders -- 106 The Glass Garden -- 128 From the Wilderness to...
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2002.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2002.
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Summary
Stuart relates how, over the following centuries, the influx of new plants inspired a frenzy of hybridization (at first by a new breed of gardener, the "florist," later by nurserymen), which in turn led to such features as the familiar herbaceous border, flower bed, and rose garden, as well as the now little-known rockery, shrubbery, and "wildernes...
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The plants that shaped our gardens / David Stuart.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 205).
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NQ635.9/38
Record Identifier
74Vv0R43VXp3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv0R43VXp3
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ISBN
0674007905 (alk. paper)
9780674007901 (alk. paper)
DDC
635.9
MMS ID
991015774579702626
