The Complete Garden

A landscape architect's working manual of 1921: not how to grow a plant but where to put it — the plant lists, the groupings, the seasons of bloom, and the reasons behind a designed garden.

Introduction

3 pages in this part of The Complete Garden.

Introduction

THE METHOD OF TREATMENT. The lists of plants do not represent a complete and thoroughly exhaustive study of the subject. The general…

Introduction: Planting

This discussion will be of some assistance by way of enabling the reader properly to consult the lists contained under these headings. A…

Introduction: Table

THE USE OF THE INDEX. This book is indexed very completely and in detail and has a reference both to pages and to groups. The reader will…

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