Book ID: 25916
Elliott, Brent
Victorian Gardens. 1986. 12 colour illustr. 100 black & white illustr. 285 p. gr8vo. Hardbound.
Until now, there has been no comprehensive, well researchedchronological account of the history of gardening and the evolution oflandscapes in the Victorian Era. "Victorian Gardens" is the third in aseries of books which evolved from the History of Landscaping Symposiumheld at the Albert and Victoria Museum, London, England. To set mattersright, the author traces both the origins and development of the Victorian views and concepts of gardening along with the careers of themen chiefly responsible for popularizing them - London, M'Intosh, Paxtonetc.