[PDF.26wa] The Pleasure Gardens of Virginia: From Jamestown to Jefferson (Colonial Williamsburg Studies in Chesapeake History and Culture)

The Pleasure Gardens of Virginia: From Jamestown to Jefferson (Colonial Williamsburg Studies in Chesapeake History and Culture)

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 | #2116852 in Books |  Princeton Univ Pr |  1991-06-10 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  10.50 x7.50 x1.00l, | File type: PDF | 264 pages

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||0 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Easy purchase|By Pamela W.|Item as described and shipped according to schedule.|From Publishers Weekly|This scholarly monograph is eminently readable. Tracing the history of gardens and gardening in Virginia from its earliest days in the 1600s--when few colonial gardeners recorded their efforts--Martin, professor of English at New England C

Using a rich assortment of illustrations and biographical sketches, Peter Martin relates the experiences of colonial gardeners who shaped the natural beauty of Virginia's wilderness into varied displays of elegance. He shows that ornamental gardening was a scientific, aesthetic, and cultural enterprise that thoroughly engaged some of the leading figures of the period, including the British governors at Williamsburg and the great plantation owners George Washing...

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