Main entry:

Fleming, Laurence, author.

Title & Author:

The English garden / Laurence Fleming and Alan Gore.

Publication:

London : Michael Joseph, 1979.

Description:

vi, 256 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), facsimiles (chiefly color)., plans (1 color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Based on the Thames Television series of the same title.
Ilustrations on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A tapestry of herbs and roses, to 1660 -- A pattern for pleasure, 1660-1725 -- A temple in the grove, 1725-1755 -- A lake in the landscape, 1755-1785 -- A picturesque paradise, 1785-1840 -- Perfectly dazzling, 1840-1914 -- Technicolor and technology, 1914-1979 -- Postscript -- Appendix One. A chronological list of gardens, gardeners and authors -- Appendix Two. Places improved by Bridgeman, Kent, Brown and Repton -- Appendix Three. Origins of garden plants -- Notes to the colour plates.

Summary:

"This book traces the shape of the English garden from the small, circular enclosures of our Celtic ancestors to the small, rectangular enclosure of the present day ... The book also charts the stream of foreign plants from the gentle trickle of mediaeval times to the roaring flood of the nineteenth century ... The English Garden presents the pursuit of gardening in England as a pastime of pleasure, and shows how the gardens of the day reflected the society, and the architectures, of the time."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0718118162
9780718118167
0718121910 (pbk.)
9780718121914 (pbk.)

Subject:

Gardens England History.
Gardening England History.
Gardens, English History.
Jardins Angleterre Histoire.
Jardinage Angleterre Histoire.
Jardins anglais Histoire.
Gardening
Gardens
Gardens, English
Landschaftsgarten
England
Landscape gardening England History
Landscaping.
Horticulture.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Gore, Alan, author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 73442
Call No.: 0004975
Status: Available