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Title The Oxford companion to the garden / edited by Patrick Taylor
Published [Oxford] : Oxford University Press, 2006
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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color)
Summary "Articles [are] on a range of topics, such as garden visiting, horticulture, scientific issues, and the social history of gardens, as well as biographies of garden designers, nurserymen, and others. Entries are devoted to individual gardens, ranging from palace gardens such as Versailles to private gardens of outstanding design or plant interest, botanic gardens and arboreta, and late 20th-century land art. Includes worldwide coverage, with contributions from leading authorities and top garden writers from more than 25 countries."
Notes Title from title screen (Oxford reference online premium, viewed Jan. 8, 2010)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Gardeners -- Biography.
Gardens -- Encyclopedias.
Gardens -- History -- Encyclopedias.
Genre/Form Biography.
Encyclopedias.
History.
Encyclopedias.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Taylor, Patrick, 1938-
ISBN 0191727547 (electronic book)
0198662556 (print)
9780191727542 (electronic book)
9780198662556 (print)