An edition of The Shakespeare garden
(1922)
The Shakespeare Garden
By Esther Singleton, With Numerous Illustrations From Photographs And Reproductions Of Old Wood Cuts
by Esther Singleton
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The Shakespeare garden.: With numerous illus. from photos. and reproductions of old wood cuts.
1974, Gale Research Co.
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0810340488 9780810340480
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Table of Contents
CONTENTS
PART ONE
THE GARDEN OF DELIGHT
Evolution of the Shakespeare Garden 3
I. The Medieval Pleasance 3
II. Garden of Delight 11
III. The Italian Renaissance Garden 15
IV. Bagh-i-Vafa 19
V. New Fad for Flowers 21
VI. Tudor Gardens 25
VII. Garden Pleasures 29
The Curious Knotted Garden 31
I. Flower Lovers and Herbalists 31
II. The Elizabethan Garden 40
III. Old Garden Authors 68
IV. "Outlandish" and English Flowers 78
PART TWO
THE FLOWERS OF SHAKESPEARE
Spring : "The Sweet o' the Year" 93
I. Primroses, Cowslips, and Oxlips 93
II. "Daffodils That Come Before the Swallow Dares" 109
III. "Daisies Pied and Violets Blue" 118
IV. "Lady-smocks All Silver White" and "Cuckoo-buds of Every Yellow Hue" 130
V. Anemones and "Azured Harebells" 133
VI. Columbine and Broom-flower 137
Summer: "Sweet Summer Buds" 145
I. "Morning Roses Newly Washed with Dew" 145
II. "Lilies of All Kinds" 160
III. Crown-Imperial and Flower-de-Luce 167
IV. Fern and Honeysuckle 175
V. Carnations and Gilliflowers 181
VI. Marigold and Larkspur 189
VII. Pansies for Thoughts and Poppies for Dreams 200
VIII. Crow-flowers and Long Purples 207
IX. Saffron Crocus and Cuckoo-flowers . 210
X. Pomegranate and Myrtle 215
Autumn: "Herbs of Grace" and "Drams of Poison" 224
I. Rosemary and Rue 224
II. Lavender, Mints, and Fennel 231
III. Sweet Marjoram, Thyme, and Savory 236
IV. Sweet Balm and Camomile 243
V. Dian's Bud and Monk's-hood Blue 246
Winter: "When Icicles Hano by the Wall" 253
I. Holly and Ivy 253
II. Mistletoe and Box 261
PART THREE
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS
The Lay-out of Stately and Small Formal Gardens 269
I. The Stately Garden 271
II. The Small Garden 276
III. Soil and Seed 278
IV. The Gateway 280
V. The Garden House 281
VI. The Mount 282
VII. Rustic Arches 282
VIII. Scats 284
IX. Vases, Jars, and Tubs 284
X. Fountains 285
XI. The Dove-cote 287
XII. The Sun-dial 288
XIII. The Terrace 289
XIV. The Pleached Alley 292
XV. Hedges 293
XVI. Paths 294
XVII. Borders 295
XVIII. Edgings 297
XIX. Knots 298
XX. The Rock Garden 302
XXI. Flowers 302
XXII. Potpourri 324
A Maske of Flowers 325
Complete List of Shakespearean Flowers with Botanical Identifications 331
Appendix 333
Elizabethan Gardens at Shakespeare's Birthplace 333
Index 347
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
ILLUSTRATIONS
FACING PAGE
Stratford-upon-Avon, New Place, Border of Annuals Frontispiece
Fifteenth Century Garden within Castle Walls, French 8
Lovers in the Castle Garden, Fifteenth Century MS 17
Garden of Delight, Romaunt of the Rose, Fifteenth Century 17
Babar's Garden of Fidelity 20
Italian Renaissance Garden, Villa Giusti, Verona 29
John Gerard, Lobel and Parkinson 32
Nicholas Leate 36
The Knot-Garden, New Place, Stratford-upon-Avon 45
Typical Garden of Shakespeare's Time, Crispin de Passe (1614) 56
Labyrinth, Vrcdcman dc Vries 64
A Curious Knotted Garden, Crispin de Passe (1614) 64
The Knot-Garden, New Place, Stratford-upon-Avon 72
Border, New Place, Stratford-upon-Avon 81
Herbaceous Border, New Place, Stratford-upon-Avon 88
Carnations and Gilliflowers ; Primroses and Cowslips ; and Daffodils: from Parkinson 97
Gardeners at Work, Sixteenth Century 112
Garden Pleasures, Sixteenth Century 112
Garden in Macbcth's Castle of Cawdor 116
Shakespeare's Birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon 125
Elizabethan Manor House, Haddon Hall 136
Rose Arbor, Warley, England 145
Red, White, Damask and Musk-Roses ; Lilies and Eglantines and Dog-Roses : from Parkinson 160
Martagon Lilies, Warley, England 168
Wilton Gardens from de Cauz 176
Wilton Gardens To-day 176
A Garden of Delight 184
Sir Thomas More's Gardens, Chelsea 193
Pleaching and Plashing, from The Gardener's Labyrinth 209
Small Enclosed Garden, from The Gardener's Labyrinth 209
A Curious Knotted Garden, Vredeman de Vries 224
Garden with Arbors, Vredeman de Vries 224
Shakespeare Garden, Van Cortlandt House Museum, Van Cortlandt Park, Colonial Dames of the State of New York 241
Tudor Manor House with Modern Arrangement of Gardens 256
Garden House in Old English Garden 272
Fountains, Sixteenth Century 289
Sunken Gardens, Sunderland Hall, with Unusual Treatment of Hedges 304
Knots from Markham 321
Simple Garden Beds 321
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