Beschreibung:
A facsimile edition of the original lavish book on English gardens by the master landscape designer Thomas Mawson
Preface to the fifth edition . Preface to the fourth edition . The Precedent of Garden Design . The Practice of Garden Design . The Choice of a Site and its Treatment . Entrances and Carriage Courts . Gates and Fences for Garden and Park . Drives, Avenues, and Service Roads . Terraces and Terrace Gardens . Flower Gardens, Beds, and Borders . Lawn, Glades and Garden Walks . Verandahs, Summer-Houses, Pergolas, and Bridges . Statuary, Treillage, and Garden Furniture . Decorative Treatment of Water . Rock, Wall and Bog Gardens . Greenhouses, Vineries, and Fruit Houses . Kitchen Gradens and Orchards . The Formal Arrangement of Trees . Planting for Landscape Effect . Trees and Shrubs for Garden and Park . Climbers for Walls, Pergolas and Trellis . Hardy Perennials for Beds, Borders, etc . Examples of Garden Design; Gardens of Various Sizes, Gardens of Exceptional Kinds