Old Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth - A Book of the Sweet O'' the Year

In this well-illustrated 1901 work, Alice Morse Earle describes the historic and modern gardens of the United States' north-eastern seaboard.

List of contents

1. Colonial garden-making; 2. Front dooryards; 3. Varied gardens fair; 4. Box edgings; 5. The herb garden; 6. In lilac tide; 7. Old flower favorites; 8. Comfort me with apples; 9. Gardens of the poets; 10. The charm of color; 11. The blue flower border; 12. Plant names; 13. Tussy-mussies; 14. Joan Silver-pin; 15. Childhood in a garden; 16. Meetin' seed and Sabbath Day posies; 17. Sun-dials; 18. Garden furnishings; 19. Garden boundaries; 20. A moonlight garden; 21. Flowers of mystery; 22. Roses of yesterday; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Alice Morse Earle
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2014
• EAN: 9781108076616
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07661-6
• No. of pages: 628
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, Environmental Management