Plants of Colonial Days by Raymond L. Taylor Williamsburg nature gardens
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Plants of Colonial Days by Raymond L. Taylor Williamsburg nature gardens:
$11.00
Plants of Colonial Days
Raymond L. Taylor
Illustrated by Dorothy L. Park
Dover Publications
Mineola, New York
1996
…This charming and informative volumefocuses on 160 trees, shrubs and flowers that are the principal ornamentalspecies planted in the restored gardens of Colonial Williamsburg, wherelandscape architects have attempted to faithfully recreate typical 18th-centurygardens. Described here are such nativespecies as the redbud, Carolina allspice and jessamine, dogwood, stewartis andthe silver-bell tree – as well as foreign imports: tulips, cabbage roses andbox for ornamental hedges, the paper mulberry from Japan, the ailanthus fromthe Moluccas, the “African” marigold from Mexico ad many more. For each plant, the author has supplied aconcise informative description, with facts and anecdotes about the plant’suses and characteristics, its popular and scientific names, and a detailed,accurate line drawings…
ISBN 0-486-29404-8
Paperback
8.00 x 5.50 inches
107 pages + Dover catalog atrear
Illustrated throughout
Condition: Fine – As New.
No names, labels, ormarkings.
Bright and clean, with nodamage or wear.
Plants of Colonial Days by Raymond L. Taylor Williamsburg nature gardens:
$11.00