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History of Garden Art

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CHAPTER XV. THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE GARDEN........275

Chinese fashion in French gardens—The time of transition—Rise of the landscape garden—Feeling
for Nature in the eighteenth century—Addison—Pope—Bridgeman—Discovery of the northern land-
scape—Chiswick—Lord Burlington—Hogarth—Kent—Brown—Flower and tree in the new style—
Shenstone—Whately—Chinese influence—Chinese-Gothic—Sir William Chambers—First division in
the camp of the picturesque style—Rousseau—Ermenonville—Pare Monceau—The sentimental garden—
The poetDelille—German movement in the eighteenth century—Worlitz—Goethe and the park at Weimar
—Elective Affinities—Schwetzmgen—Rosswald—Hohenheim—Garden art and aesthetics—Wilhelms-
hohe at Cassel—Love of masquerade in gardens—Jung Stilling—Moser—Goethe—Wordsworth—Walter
Scott—Georg Jacobi—Tieck—Goethe's town garden—Muskau and Prince Puckler.

CHAPTER XVI. TENDENCIES OF GARDEN ART IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY . . 323

Growth of interest in botany—Foreign trees introduced into England—Acclimatisation of foreign flowers
— The "Italian garden" in England — Eclecticism — Chatsworth — Chandon de Briailles—Jardin
fleuriste in France—Sans-Souci under Frederick William IV.—Ludwig II. of Bavaria—Linderhof—
Herrenchiemsee—Garden culture in towns—Public royal parks—Early American parks—New York
central park—Bois de Boulogne—Buttes - Chaumont—Town parks in London—Beginning of town
gardens in Germany—Style of public parks—New policy in America—Gardens of Dr. Schreber and
garden cities—Games in the parks—Reginald Blomfield—Predecessors of Blomfield—Dispute about the
architectural garden—Return to hedge-clipping—Cultivation of native plants—Excellent gardening in
England—Return to the old style in France—Beginning of movement in Germany—German archi-
tectural gardens—Exhibition gardens—New architectural gardens—Formal ornamental grounds—The
architectural style in public parks.

CHAPTER XVII. MODERN ENGLISH GARDENING........367

The supposed English style of gardening—Formality in English gardens—Is there a national style ?—
Changes in English gardening—A tribute to raisers—A tribute to writers—Colour-planning—Shrubs
and herbaceous plants—Beauty of background—The best herbaceous plants—Months of rose bloom—
Carpeting rose-beds—Rock-beds and alpine gardens—Some beautiful alpine flowers—Water in the
modern garden—Rose-gardens—Wall-beauty—Beautiful seed-raised hardy flowers—Beautiful English
gardens—Chatsworth—Aldenham House, Hertfordshire—The Pleasaunce, Norfolk—Wisley Gardens,
Surrey—Public parks and gardens—The Royal Gardens, Kew—Glasgow parks—Manchester parks—
London parks—Garden Cities, Satellite Towns, and Town-Planning Regional Survey,

CHAPTER XVIII. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE IN NORTH AMERICA (UNITED STATES

AND CANADA)..............419

Early colonists and their love of gardening—English culture—Absence of French influence—Italian
influence—Geographic and physical factors—Native flora—Early American gardens—National parks—
National forests—National monuments—State lands—Early home gardens—California—Florida—
Louisiana—The Central Plains—Canada—Municipal planning—Literature—Professional education—
Professional organisations.

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY..............459

INDEX TO VOLUMES I. AND II

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