American gardens in the eighteenth century : "for use or for delight" / by Ann Leighton [i.e. I.L.L. Smith] ; with illustrations of the period.

Main entry:

Leighton, Ann, 1902?-1985.

Title & Author:

American gardens in the eighteenth century : "for use or for delight" / by Ann Leighton [i.e. I.L.L. Smith] ; with illustrations of the period.

Publication:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1976.

Description:

xxi, 514 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Companion volumes by Ann Leighton: Early American Gardens "For Meate or Medicine", American Gardens of the Nineteenth Century "For Comfort and Affluence."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-503) and index.
Introduction: Like Birds on a Gate -- "All Was Virginia" -- "Seed of a Nation" -- Voyages to Carolina -- Naturalists and Botanists -- Gardeners and Collectors -- American Husbandry -- "Every Man His Own Doctor" -- Eighteenth-Century American Vegetables -- Fruits -- "Rid to All My Plantations" -- "To Be Got When I Can" -- Catalogues and Lists -- Landskip and Offskip -- The American Way -- An Appendix of the Plants Most Frequently Cultivated in Eighteenth-Century American Gardens -- Collinson's List of Seeds and Plants -- Bibliography -- Index.

Summary:

American Gardens in the Eighteenth Century is the second of three authoritative volumes of garden history by Ann Leighton. This entertaining book focuses on eightenth-century gardens and gardening. Leighton's material for the book was drawn from letters, journals, invoices, and books of men and women who were interested in the plants of the New and Old World. Throughout the book are illustrations and descriptive listings of native and new plants that were cultivated during the eighteenth century. - Description by University of Massachussets Press.

ISBN:

0395247640 (hardcover)
9780395247648 (hardcover)

Subject:

Gardening United States History 18th century.
Gardens, American History 18th century.
Plants, Cultivated United States History 18th century.
Gardening United States History.
Plants, Cultivated United States History.
Jardinage États-Unis Histoire.
Plantes cultivées États-Unis Histoire.
Jardins américains Histoire 18e siècle.
Gardening.
Gardens, American.
Plants, Cultivated.
United States.
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estates
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geschiedenis
history
tuinbouw
horticulture
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private ownership
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usa
Horticulture
Tuinbouw
Landscaping.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 3816
Call No.: PO2442; ID:87-B11939
Status: Available

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