The spirit of the garden / Martha Brookes Hutcheson ; introduction by Rebecca Warren Davidson.

Main entry:

Hutcheson, Martha Brookes Brown, 1871-1959.

Title & Author:

The spirit of the garden / Martha Brookes Hutcheson ; introduction by Rebecca Warren Davidson.

Publication:

Description:

xxx, 221 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Series:

American Society of Landscape Architects Centennial reprint series

Notes:
Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1923.
"In association with Library of American Landscape History."
Includes bibliographical references.
The flower garden -- The importance of axis -- the use of the hedge -- Arbors and gateways -- Greenhouses -- Water in the garden.

Summary:

One of the first American women landscape architects to receive professional training, Hutcheson (1871-1959) specialized in garden design, the topic of her now classic work, reprinted in this lavish edition.

ISBN:

1558492720 (alk. paper)
9781558492721 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Landscape gardening.
Gardens.
Gardens Design.
Jardins Architecture.
Jardins.
landscape gardening.
gardens (open spaces)

Added entries:

Library of American Landscape History.
Centennial reprint series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 215949
Call No.: SB472 .H8 2000
Status: Available

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