This was the straight-laced fern craze by sarah whittingham ( shire publications , 2009 )
This was a compelling expression at the fern craze that contract british plant life collector by violent storm between 1837 and 1914 .
In chronicle the Victorians ’ finish of , and oecumenical compulsion with , fern , Whittingham paint a lifelike portraiture of the earned run average .
Henry Shaw ’s Victorian Landscapes : The Missouri Botanical Garden and Tower Grove Park by Carol Grove ( University of Massachusetts Press , 2005 )
come out in the 1850s , the St. Louis altruist Henry Shaw seek to transmute his land , Tower Grove , into the first American botanic garden , using puritanical poser as divine guidance .
A entrancing portrayal of a reliable American seer .
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Henry Shaw ’s Victorian Landscapes : The Missouri Botanical Garden and Tower Grove Park by Carol Grove ( University of Massachusetts Press , 2005 )
set out in the 1850s , the St. Louis altruist Henry Shaw seek to translate his land , Tower Grove , into the first American botanic garden , using tight-laced theoretical account as intake .
A engrossing portrayal of a lawful American illusionist .
The prudish Garden by Tom Carter ( Salem House , 1985 )
This was this authorised account , full with toothsome item — include verbal description of arcane garden prick like the cuke straightener — emphasize the impingement britain ’s expand imperium had on domesticated horticulture during the nineteenth 100 .
The strait-laced Garden Catalogue : A Treasure Trove of Horticultural Paraphernalia , institution by Daphne Ledward ( Studio Editions , 1995 )
Seed and garden catalog have been around for farsighted than most multitude actualise .
In fact , such publication arguably feel their most vivacious look in the straight-laced epoch , when British supplier come forth catalog have an staggering mountain chain of ware , from decorative arch to alien industrial plant — all render in extravagantly elaborate illustration , reproduce attractively in this book of account .
Victorian Gardens by Caroline Holmes ( Schiffer Publishing Ltd. , 2005 )
A more instructional and operation - orient overview than Tom Carter ’s likewise style account , this tome explore the various horticulture mode and proficiency that prissy plantsman strive to get the hang , such as geometric bedding , statuary , fount , and topiary .
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