The American social historian and antiquarian Alice Morse Earle (1851 1911) published this work in 1901. She was a prolific writer of books and pamphlets on pre-revolutionary New England, and her writings were very popular with readers who took great interest in the social history and material culture of their country. In this work, which contains more than 200 illustrations, Earle describes the historic and modern gardens of the north-eastern seaboard, the gardening activities - for pleasure as well as for food - of early settlers, and the progress of plant-hunters and nursery-men such as...
The American social historian and antiquarian Alice Morse Earle (1851 1911) published this work in 1901. She was a prolific writer of books and pamphl...
