1907 The Garden Beautiful

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

The first edition of this work.

Illustrated with eight engraved plates. Collated, complete.

A charming work on the design of large gardens, detailing methods of incorporating trees into large estates, and including discussion of water-side planting, shore planting, planting on mountains and hills, use of trees, use of fencing, and a wide array of other subjects.

The work of W. Robinson, who was termed 'the most famous and controversial garden journalists of the nineteenth century' by Hugh Johnson.