American Garden Writing An Anthology,9781589790230

American Garden Writing An Anthology

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Edition: Revised
ISBN13: 9781589790230
ISBN10: 1589790235
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-09-26
Publisher(s): Taylor Trade Publishing
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Summary

This book features the letters, travel journals, essays, natural histories, and seed catalogues of over 50 authors, with topics ranging from the decorative gardens of yesteryear to the ecological concerns of today.

Author Biography

Bonnie Marranca, recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, lives in Catskill, New York.

Table of Contents

EDITORS NOTE ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
Bonnie Marranca: Preface to the Expanded Edition xvii
Bonnie Marranca: Preface to the Original Edition xxi
I. SEEDS OF INSPIRATION 3(80)
Alice Morse Earle: Front Dooryards
5(8)
Michel-Guillaume St, John de Crèvecoeur: A Visit to John Bartram 's Garden
13(7)
Amos Pettingill: White Flower Farm
20(9)
Louise Beebe Wilder: Pleasures of the Nose
29(5)
George Washington: Letter to Arthur Young
34(5)
Helen Morgenthau Fox: Gardening With Herbs
39(5)
Frank Hamilton Cushing: Zuñi Fields
44(6)
Henry Ward Beecher: Political Economy of the Apple
50(5)
Thomas Bridgeman: The Matrimonial Garden
55(5)
J.I. Rodale: Introduction to Organic Farming
60(5)
Louisa Yeomans King: Garden Happiness
65(2)
Wendell Berry: The Reactor and the Garden
67(4)
Henry Mitchell: On the Defiance of Gardeners
71(4)
Elizabeth Lawrence: The Mississippi Market Bulletin
75(8)
II. LIVES OF THE PLANTS 83(76)
John Josselyn: New England Natural History
85(6)
Bernard M'Mahon: Advice for the Fall
91(5)
Shaker Seed Catalogue of 1873: Selections
96(11)
John Lawson: A Description of North Carolina
107(6)
Peter Henderson: Planting of Lawns and Flower Beds
113(5)
Celia Thaxter: The Altar and the Shrine
118(6)
Liberty Hyde Bailey: Recent Progress in American Horticulture
124(10)
Roger B. Swain: Hamburgers and Houseplants
134(4)
Frances T. Dana: Wild Carrot • Birds Nest Queen Anne's Lace
138(2)
Lester Rowntree: On Top of the World
140(5)
Kent Whealy: Our Vanishing Vegetable Heritage
145(8)
Katharine S. White: The Changing Rose
153(6)
III. TRAVELERS AND THE TRAVELS OF PLANTS 159(68)
John Bartram: Selected Letters
161(10)
William Bartram: The Bounteous Kingdom of Flora
171(10)
Francois André Michaux: In a Charleston Garden
181(3)
Thomas Nuttall: The Spontaneous Productions of Nature
184(6)
Victoria Padilla: The Franciscan Missionaries in Southern California
190(9)
David Douglas: First Impressions
199(4)
Ernest H. Wilson: The Princess Kururne
203(7)
Frederick Pursh: New Acquisitions to the American Flora
210(8)
David Fairchild: The Flowering Cherry Trees Are Planted in Washington
218(9)
IV. THE PLAY OF ART AND NATURE 227(58)
Ann Leighton: Cemeteries Into Parks
229(8)
Thomas Jefferson: Notes from a Garden Book
237(8)
Andrew Jackson Downing: Essay on Landscape Gardening
245(9)
Frank Scott: The Lawn
254(6)
Edith Wharton: Italian Garden-Magic
260(5)
Frederick Law Olmsted: Inspiration from Tropical Scenery for Park Planting
265(7)
Beatrix Farrand: The Lovers' Lane Pool
272(4)
Garrett Eckbo: Urban Landscapes
276(3)
Jane Baber White: Restoration of a Poets Garden
279(6)
V, REFLECTIONS IN A GARDEN WORLD 285(44)
Henry David Thoreau: The Bean-Field
287(10)
Allen Lacy: Broom and Wisteria
297(5)
Richardson Wright: And So To Bed
302(4)
Eleanor Perényi: Woman's Place
306(12)
Louis Bromfield: Summer 1945
318(3)
Joseph Wood Krutch: The Moth and the Candle
321(8)
VI. EDUCATION OF THE GARDENER 329(60)
Michael Pollan: Compost and Its Moral Imperatives
331(10)
Diane Ackerman: Deer
341(6)
Jamaica Kincaid: My Garden (Book)
347(4)
William Woys Weaver: Mr. Jack Tomato
351(3)
Gary Paul Nabhan: The Parable of the Poppy and the Bee
354(7)
Joan Dye Gussow: Eating My Yard
361(13)
Jim Nollman: The Sentient Garden
374(7)
Sara B. Stein: Purslane and Immortality
381(8)
INDEX 389

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