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 
