
Beautiful Gardens in America
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- BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA
- BOOKS BY LOUISE SHELTON
- PUBLISHED BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
- BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA
- LOUISE SHELTON
- SECOND EDITION
- NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1916
- DEDICATED TO THE PRAISE OF THOSE AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN, OF WHATSOEVER PERIOD, WHO HAVE PLANTED SO BEAUTIFULLY THAT THEIR GARDENS ARE AN INSPIRATION TO OTHERS IN ALL GENERATIONS
- IN GREEN OLD GARDENS
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- COLOR-PLATES
- HALF-TONE PLATES
- FOREWORD
- BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN AMERICA
- A GARDEN
- I
- THE GARDEN AND ITS MEANING
- II
- CLIMATE IN AMERICA
- III
- NEW ENGLAND
- MAINE
- NEW HAMPSHIRE AND VERMONT
- MASSACHUSETTS
- RHODE ISLAND
- CONNECTICUT
- IV
- NEW YORK
- LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK
- V
- NEW JERSEY
- VI
- PENNSYLVANIA
- VII
- MARYLAND
- VIII
- VIRGINIA
- IX
- SOUTH CAROLINA
- X
- GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
- XI
- TENNESSEE AND MISSOURI
- XII
- ILLINOIS AND INDIANA
- XIII
- OHIO
- XIV
- MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN
- XV
- NEW MEXICO
- XVI
- CALIFORNIA
- XVII
- OREGON AND WASHINGTON
- XVIII
- ALASKA
- XIX
- VANCOUVER ISLAND
- A FEW GARDEN GATES
- FOOTNOTES:
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