Old Time Gardens Newly Set Forth - a book of the sweet o' the year by Earle, Alice Morse - 1928

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. Well illustrated, small octavo, pp xx, 489, a little foxing of the endpapers, otherwise extremely clean and sound internally, cloth very slightly worn, the spine age-toned and slightly marked, the spine head slightly frayed. [Originally published in 1901, Old Time Gardens by Alice Morse Earle was one of the most popular and influential garden books of the early twentieth century and one of the first to be extensively illustrated with photographs. It celebrates the plants and garden designs of early America. Distinguished by its inviting style, wealth of detailed information about plants, design and garden ornaments, and captivating descriptions and photographs of historic gardens, the book is still regularly cited in books and magazine articles, and recommended on web sites. Earle’s advocacy of historic garden designs was rooted in her strong sense of the garden as a place to live in, and to interact with nature, family and friends. For Earle, the significance of gardens lay not just in their design and plants, but also in their association with the people who cultivated and used them. An essential volume for garden historians.]. Cloth. Very Good.