The native landscape reader / edited by Robert E. Grese.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grese, Robert E., 1955- editor.

Library of American Landscape History.

Series:

Critical perspectives in the history of environmental design.

Critical Perspectives in the History of Environmental Design

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landscape protection.

Natural areas.

Landscape design.

Essays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : University of Massachusetts Press in association with Library of American Landscape History, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this volume Robert E. Grese gathers together writings on nature-based landscape design and conservation by some of the country's most significant practitioners, horticulturalists, botanists, and conservationists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Written with a strong conservation ethic, these essays often originally appeared in obscure, short-lived publications and are difficult to locate today, comprising a rich but hidden literature. Over many years of pioneering research into the work of Jens Jensen, O. C. Simonds, and other early landscape architects who advocated for the use of native plants and conservation, Grese encountered and began collecting these pieces. With this volume, he offers readers his trove. Purposely avoiding literature that is widely available, Grese shares as well his experience of discovery. His introduction provides perspective on the context of these writings and the principles they espouse, and his conclusion illuminates their relevance today with the emerging emphasis on sustainable design. This collection will appeal to general readers interested in the issues of sustainability, horticulture and gardening, and landscape design and preservation, as well as to historians, practitioners, and specialists. Published in association with Library of American Landscape History: http: //lalh.org/

Contents:

Cover; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; Series Editor's Preface ; Preface ; Introduction ; Part I: Appreciation of Nature ; Chapter 1: Thomas Cole, "Essay on American Scenery" (1835) ; Chapter 2: Danske Dandridge, "In the Company of Trees" (1892)

Chapter 3: Charles Sprague Sargent and William Augustus Stiles, "The Love of Nature" (1892) Chapter 4: Ossian Cole Simonds, "Appreciation of Natural Beauty" (1898) ; Chapter 5: Horace William Shaler Cleveland, "Influence of Parks on the Character of Children" (1898)

Chapter 6: Liberty Hyde Bailey, The Outlook to Nature (1911) Chapter 7: Selden Lincoln Whitcomb, "The Value of Natural Areas to Literature and Art" (1926) ; Chapter 8: Stanley White, "The Value of Natural Preserves to the Landscape Architect" (1926)

Chapter 9: William Willard Ashe, "The Value to Silviculture of Reserved Areas of Natural Forest Types" (1926) Chapter 10: Arthur Sperry Pearse, "The Value of Aquatic Preserves to Fisheries" (1926)

Chapter 11: Stephen Sargent Visher, "The Importance to Geography of the Preservation of Natural Areas" (1926) Chapter 12: Victor E. Shelford, "The Importance of Natural Areas to Biology and Agriculture" (1926) ; Part II: Our American Flora

Chapter 1: Andrew Jackson Downing, "The Neglected American Plants" (1851)

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61376-184-8

OCLC:

794700813