Contents

Introduction

I. Looking for Eden
The Garden in the Ancient World
Gardens Before Rome
Temples- The Landscape of the Gods
Egypt
Rome
Town Gardens
Trees, Flowers, and Shrubs
Imperial Grandeur- Hadrian's Villa

II. The Earthly Paradise
The Middle Ages
The Islamic Garden
Mughal India

III. Labors in Perfection
Italy
France

IV. The Genius of the Place
The English Garden Before the Revolution
Jacobean and Caroline Gardens, 1603-1649
The English Formal Garden
The Landscape of England
The English Landscape Garden Outside of England

V. Gardens of the East
The Chinese Garden
The Early Garden
The Private Garden
The Making of a Chinese Garden
Flowers and Trees
The Japanese Garden
The Paradise Garden
The Tea Garden
The Stroll Garden
The Modern Japanese Garden

VI. The New World
Colonial American Gardens
The Changing American Landscape
Aesthetic Reform
Public Parks
Victorian Garden Dilemmas
Twentieth-Century Solutions
The Landscape Architect
Historical Restorations and Regional Styles
A New American Style
The Modern Movement

Postscript
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index