Colonial gardens; the landscape architecture of George Washington's time, prepared by the American Society of Landscape Architects.

Main entry:

American Society of Landscape Architects.

Title & Author:

Colonial gardens; the landscape architecture of George Washington's time, prepared by the American Society of Landscape Architects.

Publication:

Washington, D.C., United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission [1932]

Description:

vii, [1], 72 pages illustrations (including plans) 28 cm

Notes:
"Some references to American colonial gardens": pages 69-72
Introduction -- The Colonial Garden: Its History and Meaning / Bradford Williams -- Mount Vernon and Other Colonial Places in the South / Arthur A. Shurcliff -- Gardens and Placves of Colonial Philadelphia / Robert Wheelwright -- Homes and Gardens of Old New York / Richard Schermerhorn, Jr. -- Gardens of Old Salem and the New England Colonies / Arthur Shurcliff -- Colonial Gardens of Charleston and the Far South / Bradford Williams -- The Colonial Garden To-day / Fletcher Steels -- Bibliography.

Subject:

Gardens United States.
Landscape architecture United States.
Jardins États-Unis.
Architecture du paysage États-Unis.
Jardins Architecture États-Unis.
Landscape architecture
Gardens
Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)
Mount Vernon (Virg. : Domaine)
United States
Virginia Mount Vernon (Estate)

Added entries:

United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 96063
Call No.: W12904; ID:85-B1440
Status: Available

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