Concentrating on the gardens of the early settlers of New England, this volume deals with gardeners as well as the plants they depended upon for household aids,

This volume is the fourth in a six volume collection that brings together primary sources on gardens and gardening across the long nineteenth-century. Economic

Gardens of the Gilded Age -- The influence of style and dilemma of taste -- Verdant frames: Landscape elements and their artful arrangement -- Art out-of-doors: