Main entry:

Leighton, Ann, 1902?-1985.

Title & Author:

Early American gardens : for meate or medicine / by Ann Leighton.

Publication:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1970.

Description:

xviii, 441 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm

Notes:
"Portions of this book have previously appeared as articles in various publications."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-432).
Foreword -- Part 1: "That Primitive Imployment of Dressing a Garden" -- "Forerunning Signals of Fertilitie" -- The Prospect and the Rarities -- "Too Scanty a Stage" -- "In Equal Tempers" -- "For Meate ..." -- And Medicine -- "A Pleasing Savour of Sweet Instruction" -- "To Keep in Fashion" -- "Of Such Plants ..." -- Part 2: An Appendix of Plants Described Individually by Their Own Authorities -- Bibliography -- Index.

Summary:

Concentrating on the gardens of the early settlers of New England, this volume deals with gardeners as well as the plants they depended upon for household aids, flavorings, drinks, medicines, etc. The Appendix of plant descriptions occupies half of the pages.

Subject:

Gardening New England History.
Gardens, American New England History.
Herb gardening New England History.
Medicinal plants New England History.
Medicinal plants.
Botany, Medical.
Plants.
Botany.
Plants, Medicinal
Jardinage Nouvelle-Angleterre Histoire.
Herbes Culture Nouvelle-Angleterre.
Plantes médicinales Nouvelle-Angleterre.
Jardins américains Nouvelle-Angleterre Histoire.
Herbes Culture Nouvelle-Angleterre Histoire.
Plantes médicinales Nouvelle-Angleterre Histoire.
Plantes médicinales.
Plantes.
vegetation.
Gardening
Gardens, American
Herb gardening
New England
Landscaping.
Horticulture.

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 3823
Call No.: W12775; ID:87-B11940
Status: Available