Public spaces, private gardens:a history of designed landscapes in New Orleans
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Louisiana State University Press,
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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. |