Main entry:

Watters, Sam, 1954-

Title & Author:

Gardens for a beautiful America 1895-1935 : photographs by Frances Benjamin Johnston / Sam Watters ; preface by C. Ford Peatross.

Publication:

New York : Acanthus Press, 2012.

Description:

377 pages : color illustrations ; 29 x 25 cm

Series:

Classical America series

Notes:
"Published in collaboration with the Library of Congress."
No. I of X publisher's copies, in an edition of 50, bound in half leather. Inscribed by the author.
DLC
Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-359) and index.
Preface (starting p. 7) / C. Ford Peatross -- Introduction (starting p. 9) -- A Garden Photographer (starting p. 12) -- The Garden Photograph (starting p. 31) -- Plates (starting p. 47) -- Gardens of the East (starting p. 49) -- Gardens of the West (starting p. 147) -- Gardens for City and Suburb (starting p. 201) -- Gardens of the Old World (starting p. 235) -- Gardens of the South (starting p. 263) -- Notes To Figures And Plates (starting p. 288) -- ADDENDA -- "Our American Gardens" Slides (starting p. 327) -- "California Gardens" Slides (starting p. 329) -- A Garden Book Library (starting p. 332) -- Endnotes (starting p. 337) -- Selected Bibliography (starting p. 354) -- Acknowledgments (starting p. 360) -- Index (starting p. 362)
Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL) Annual Literature Award, 2013

Summary:

Gardens for a beautiful America, 1895 -1935", written by Sam Watters in association with the Library of Congress, presents for the first time 250 colored photographs of urban and suburban gardens taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston and preserved by the library for half a century. Prepared as glass slides for Johnston's illustrated lectures, these photographs still resonate today with her crusading message: garden the nation back to America the Beautiful, one elm, one rose, one fountain and shady terrace at a time. Preserve the nation's wildflowers and forests for 'the next generation'.

ISBN:

9780926494152 (hardcover)
0926494155 (hardcover)

Subject:

Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952 Photograph collections.
Johnston, Frances Benjamin Photograph collections.
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952
Library of Congress Photograph collections.
Library of Congress
Gardening United States Pictorial works.
Gardening United States History.
Gardens, American Pictorial works.
Gardens, American History.
Women photographers France Paris History 20th century.
Jardinage États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.
Jardins américains Ouvrages illustrés.
Jardins américains Histoire.
Femmes photographes France Paris Histoire 20e siècle.
Gardening History. United States.
Gardening
Gardens, American
Photograph collections
Women photographers
France Paris
United States

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
Illustrated works
History
Authors' autographs. PPA
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Classical America series in art and architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 283531
Call No.: BIB 221847
Status: Available