Gardens of Philadelphia & the Delaware Valley / by William M. Klein, Jr. ; photography by Derek Fell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klein, William M.

Contributor:

Fell, Derek, photographer.

Haas, F. Otto, (Fritz Otto Haas), dedicatee.

Kuntze, Christopher, book designer.

Cerino, Harry E., writer of foreword.

Stephen M. Lynch Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gardens--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Gardens.

Gardens--Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.).

Physical Description:

327 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 27 cm.

Other Title:

Gardens of Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1995.

Summary:

Contains information about: Pennsbury Manor; Andalusia; The Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation; Stenton; The Highlands; Peter Wentz Farmstead; Pennsylvania Hospital Physic Garden; Bartram's Garden; Tyler Arboretum; Haverford College Arboretum; Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College; The Henry Foundation for Botanical Research; Wallingford Rose Garden; The Jenkins Arboretum; Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Horticultural Society; Temple University Ambler Campus; Delaware Valley College of Science and Agriculture; The Arboretum of the Barnes Foundation; Wyck; Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion; Appleford/Parsons-Banks; Meadowbrook Farm; Pennypacker Mills; Chanticleer; Doe Run Farm; Swiss Pines; Hagley Museum and Library; Nemours; Longwood Gardens; Winterthur Museum, Garden, Library; Mount Cuba; Fairmount Park; Zoological Society of Philadelphia; The American College Arboretum; Awbury Arboretum; Bryn Mawr College; Independence National Historical Park; Taylor Memorial Arboretum; Brandywine Conservancy River Museum; Schuylkill Valley Nature Center for Environmental Education; Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve; John Heinz Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum.

Notes:

"Dedicated to F. Otto Haas, Chairman of the Board of the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania from 1972 to 1988."

"Publication of this book, the third in a series celebrating the cultural resources of Philadelphia & the Delaware Valley, has been supported by a grant from The William Penn Foundation."

Includes a foreword by Harry E. Cerino, Present of the William Penn Foundation.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-322) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum reference copy: Gift of Mimi Connelly; circulating copy: Bequest of Stephen M. Lynch.

ISBN:

1566393132 (cloth : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

31865402