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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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For Shade and for Comfort: Democratizing Horticulture in the Nineteenth-Century Midwest

For Shade and for Comfort: Democratizing Horticulture in the Nineteenth-Century Midwest

Lyon-Jenness, Cheryl

Hardcover

19th Century United States HistoryAgricultureGarden Writing

ISBN10: 1557532869
ISBN13: 9781557532862
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Published: Aug 30 2003
Pages: 337
Weight: 1.35
Height: 1.03 Width: 6.02 Depth: 9.62
Language: English

Between 1850 and 1880, Americans of all ranks and circumstances planted shade trees, cultivated flower gardens, and established lawns with a new found enthusiasm that both astonished and delighted horticultural advocates. For Shade and For Comfort explores this unprecedented burst of horticultural interest and documents its influence on Midwestern domestic landscapes. Drawing upon a wide range of largely unexplored resources - including lithographic images of farm, village, and city homes; agricultural society records; nursery and seed catalogues; and the diaries and letters of local residents - this innovative study examines how advocates encouraged ornamental plant interest and then considers the significance of trees and flowers for their mid-nineteenth-century promoters and for the people who planted and nurtured them.

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