The pleasure gardens of Virginia : from Jamestown to Jefferson
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The pleasure gardens of Virginia : from Jamestown to Jefferson
University Press of Virginia, 2001, c1991
1st University Press of Virginia ed
- : pbk
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Originally published: Princeton University Press, 1991
Bibliography: p. [225]-231
Includes index
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Using 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 demonstrates that ornamental gardening was a scientific, aesthetic and cultural enterprise.
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