CONTENTS 



PART ONE 

 THE GARDEN OF DELIGHT 



EVOLUTION OF THE SHAKESPEARE GARDEN ... 3 



I. The Medieval Pleasance .... 3 



II. Garden of Delight . . ... . 1 1 



III. The Italian Renaissance Garden . . 15 



IV. Bagh-i-Vafa 19 



V. New Fad for Flowers 21 



VI. Tudor Gardens 25 



VII. Garden Pleasures 29 



THE CURIOUS KNOTTED GARDEN 31 



I. Flower Lovers and Herbalists ... 31 



II. The Elizabethan Garden .... 40 



III. Old Garden Authors ....... 68 



IV. "Outlandish" and English Flowers . 78 



PART TWO 

 THE FLOWERS OF SHAKESPEARE 



SPRING: "THE SWEET o' THE YEAR" 93 



I. Primroses, Cowslips, and Oxlips . . 93 

 II. "Daffodils That Come Before the Swal- 

 low Dares" 109 



III. "Daisies Pied and Violets Blue" . . 118 



IV. "Lady-smocks All Silver White" and 



"Cuckoo-buds of Every Yellow Hue" 130 

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