Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... Tabor, Grace. Old-fashioned Gardening; a history and a reconstruction. New York, McBride, Nast & Co., 1913. 263 pages, illus. On American colonial gardens. Triggs, H. Inigo. Garden Craft in Europe. London, B. T. Batsford, 1913. 332 pages, illus. plans. Includes Dutch and Spanish gardens as well as Italian, English, and French, which have a more extended special literature of their own. Van Rensselaer, M. G. (mrs. Schuyler). The Art of Gardening: an historical sketch. In Garden and Forest, a series of twenty-one articles beginning Mar. 20, 1889, in v. 2, and ending June I1, 1890, in v. 3. On ancient, medieval, and Mohammedan gardens. THEORY OF LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND APPRECIATION Abel, Lothar. Aesthetik der Garten-Kunst. Als Manuscript gedruckt. Wien, 1877. 62 pages, illus. Note especially: Der Begriff des Styles, p. 20-23. Andre, Edouard. L'Art des Jardins. 1879. Esthetique. Ch. IV, p. 91-103. Du Sentiment de la Nature. Ch. V, p. 104-119. Des Genres. -- Des Scenes. -- Du Style. In Ch. VI, p. 136-152. Cope, Walter. The Relation of Natural to Artificial Beauty in Landscape. In House and Garden, Dec. 1902, v. 2, p. 595-611. Eliot, Charles. What would be Fair must first be Fit. In Garden and Forest, Apr. 1, 1896, v. 9, p. 132-133. Also reprinted in Charles Eliot, Landscape Architect, p. 549-553. Eliot, Charles William. Need of conserving the Beauty and Freedom of Nature in Modern Life. In National Geographic Magazine, July 1914, v. 26, p. 67-73. Hamerton, Philip Gilbert. Landscape. With original etchings and many illustrations from pictures and drawings. London, Seeley & Co., 1885. 386 pages. (Also a smaller unillus trated American edition, 1890.) On landscape appreciation. Loudon, John Claudius. Influence of Climate and Manners on Gardening, ..