The Shakespeare garden. Illustrated from photos. and old wood cuts.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : W.F. Payson, 1931.Description: xxv, 366 p. front., plates, ports. 25 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • PR3041 .S5 1931
Contents:
Evolution of the Shakespeare garden -- The curious knotted garden -- Spring : "the sweet o' the year" -- Summer : "sweet summer buds" -- Autumn : "herbs of grace" and "drams of poison" -- Winter : "when icicles hang by the wall" -- The lay-out of stately and small formal gardens -- A maske of flowers -- Complete list of Shakespearean flowers with botanical identification -- Appendix. Elizabethen gardens at Shakespeare's birthplace.

"New edition, with added introduction and bibliography."

Bibliography: p. 361-366.

Evolution of the Shakespeare garden -- The curious knotted garden -- Spring : "the sweet o' the year" -- Summer : "sweet summer buds" -- Autumn : "herbs of grace" and "drams of poison" -- Winter : "when icicles hang by the wall" -- The lay-out of stately and small formal gardens -- A maske of flowers -- Complete list of Shakespearean flowers with botanical identification -- Appendix. Elizabethen gardens at Shakespeare's birthplace.

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