Public spaces, private gardens:a history of designed landscapes in New Orleans

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Douglas Lake 1949-
Published: Louisiana State University Press,
Publisher Address: Baton Rouge
Publication Dates: c2011.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xii, 282 p., [20] p. of plates: ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 9780807138373 (cloth : alk. paper)
0807138371 (cloth : alk. paper)
Index Number: TU986
CLC: TU986.671.2-09
Call Number: TU986.671.2-09/D734
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Public open spaces in New Orleans -- Commercial open spaces: "for use and for pleasure" -- Domestic garden design -- Horticultural content: plants and their uses -- Nineteenth-century horticultural commerce -- Workforce characteristics: gardeners, seedsmen, and "flourist" planters -- Horticultural literature -- Compiling plant lists for New Orleans gardens.