House & garden's book of gardens; containing over four hundred illustrations of special flower types, plans and suggestions for landscape work, a complete gardener's calendar of the year's activities, planting and spraying tables, and a portfolio of beautiful gardens in varied sections of the United States and foreign countries (1921)
Wright, Richardson Little, 1887-1961 · New York, C. Nast & Company · leaf 39
chitect of the Colonies, the earliest gardens were fornecessities alone, but soon the luxurious ideasof the Cavaliers began to assert themselves andflowers occupied a definite place in the decora-tive scheme. Living as they did on large plan-tations, there were no homely enclosures orcottage… … The Cavalier type, which was found in the Virginias, had a strongly formal spirit. It often included a parterre. The simplicity of the design and the neatness suggest the old Elizabethan gardens, their general source of inspiration These early gardenswere carefully designed.Usually a terrace next…
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