Book ID: 75643
Laird, Mark
The Flowering of the Landscape Garden. English Pleasure Grounds, 1720-1800. 1999.(Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture,1). 66 col. illus. 228 b/w illustrations. XVII, 446 p. 4to. Cloth.
Chapter headings: Locating the Georgian Shrubbery and Flower Garden/The Origins of Theatrical Planting/ The North American Influx: A Maniafor Pines and Magnolias/ The First Shrubberies: Circuits, Clumps, andAxiality/ Flowers in the Cones, Crescents, Circles, and Conservatories/Flower Gardens before Nuneham: The Planting Palette/ The ShrubberyCodified/ Shrubberies Perfected: Professionals in the Pleasure Ground/Theatrical Flower Beds and Flowering Elysiums/ A Flower Garden ofProfusion and Luxuriancy/ Epilogue/ Bibliography/ Index of Names andPlaces/ Index of Plant Names.