CONTENTS 



FOREWORD vii 



PART I. HISTORICAL 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I OF BEGINNINGS i 



II SPANISH GARDENS OF THE SEMI-TROPICS . . 14 



III GARDENS OF THE ENGLISH GENTLEMEN ADVEN- 



TURERS 30 



IV NEW AMSTERDAM HOUSEWIVES' GARDENS . . 56 

 V AUSTERE PURITAN GARDENS 80 



VI CATHOLIC AND QUAKER ALONG THE DIVIDE . 109 

 VII THE PRESIDENTS' GARDENS 132 



PART II. RECONSTRUCTION 



I THE OLD-FASHIONED GARDEN . . . . .159 



II DESIGN 168 



III INCLOSURES 183 



IV OLD-TIME FLOWERS 200 



V "ANTICKE" WORKS 225 



VI THE EARLY IDEALS 232 



VII REPRODUCING THE OLD-FASHIONED GARDEN . 240 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 255 



INDEX . 261 



