Author: Raymond Leech TaylorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Plants, Ornamental
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Plants of Colonial Days: a Guide to One Hundred & Sixty Flowers, Shrubs, and Trees in the Gardens of Colonial Williamsburg
Author: Raymond Leech TaylorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Plants, Ornamental
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Plants of Colonial Days
Author: Raymond L. TaylorPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486294049
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Detailed line drawings, Latin and common names, physical descriptions and anecdotes for 160 trees, shrubs, and flowers found in the restored gardens of Colonial Williamsburg.
Plants of Colonial Days
Author: Raymond Leech TaylorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Plants, Ornamental
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
Plants of Colonial Days
Author: Raymond L. TaylorPublisher:
ISBN: 9781258238582
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Plants of Colonial Days
Author: Raymond L. TaylorPlants of Colonial Days
Author: Raymond Leech TaylorPublisher:
ISBN: 9780910412452
Category : Plants, Ornamental
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
Plants of Colonial Days
Author: Raymond L. TaylorPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486294048
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Detailed line drawings, Latin and common names, physical descriptions and anecdotes for 160 trees, shrubs, and flowers found in the restored gardens of Colonial Williamsburg.
The Garden Diary of Martha Turnbull, Mistress of Rosedown Plantation
Author: Martha TurnbullPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807144134
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 659
Book Description
Recovered in the mid-1990s from the attic of a Turnbull family descendant, Martha Turnbull's garden diary offers the most extensive surviving first-hand account of nineteenth-century plantation life and gardening in the Deep South. Landscape architecture professor and preservationist Suzanne Turner spent fifteen years transcribing and annotating the original manuscript, making it accessible to twenty-first-century gardening enthusiasts. The resulting dialogue between Turnbull's diary entries and Turner's illuminating notes demonstrates the pivotal role that kitchen and pleasure gardens held in the lives of planter families. In addition, the diary documents the relationship between the mistress and the enslaved whose labor made her vast gardens possible. Turner's exquisite interpretation reveals not only an energetic gardener but also a well-read one, eager to experiment with the newest gardening trends. Illustrated with engravings from period books, journals, and nursery catalogs, Turner's annotations provide the reader with a deeper understanding of American horticultural history. The diary, spanning the years 1836 through 1894, reveals the portrait of a courageous and resilient woman. After the tragic loss of her two sons and husband prior to the Civil War, Martha assumed full responsibility for her family and the plantation. She endured living under siege during the war and persevered during Reconstruction by growing and selling food as a truck farmer. By working daily in her ornamental garden and faithfully maintaining her diary for nearly sixty years, she found the solace and peace to look forward to the future.
Preserving Historic Landscapes
Author: Printed Books, 1481-1900, in the Horticultural Society of New York
Author: Horticultural Society of New YorkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description