A celebration of the sublime pleasures of gardening and reading is illustrated through a collection of excerpts from treasured novels and beautifully rendered line drawings depicting the imaginary gardens they describe, featuring the work of F. Scott Fitzgerald, D.H. Lawrence, Louisa May Alcott, and other literary greats.
A celebration of the sublime pleasures of gardening and reading is illustrated through a collection of excerpts from treasured novels and line drawings depicting the imaginary gardens they describe.
Introduction 1(5) ``The Dark City 5(13) Aiken, Conrad The Commuters Solace 11(1) On My Knees Before My Beans 12(3) The Enemy! 15(1) Rampant Strawberries 16(2) Little Women 18(4) Alcott, Louisa May Friendly Little Neighbors 19(1) Rose Petals (or Beyond Potpourri) 20(2) Winesburg, Ohio 22(7) Anderson, Sherwood The Army of Bees 25(2) Bee Gardens 27(1) Honey Grog 28(1) The Country Doctor 29(6) Balzac, Honore De The Churchmans Garden 31(1) The Alley of Hornbeam 32(1) The Espalier 33(2) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 35(5) Baum, L. Frank The Deadly Poppy Field 38(2) Jane Eyre 40(7) Bronte, Charlotte The Gooseberry Bush 43(2) Gooseberry Chutney 45(1) Ivy Recesses 46(1) Through the Looking-Glass 47(10) Carroll, Lewis The Garden of Live Flowers 51(4) The Shrill Little Daisies 55(1) Passionate Tiger Lilies 56(1) Death Comes for the Archbishop 57(11) Cather, Willa An Apricot Tart 58(4) A Blanket of Purple Verbena 62(1) The Garden Palette 63(1) The Placement of Fruit Trees 64(1) Scents of Home 65(3) My Antonia 68(22) Cather, Willa Something Under the Sun: The Pumpkin Patch 70(2) Pumpkin Pillows 72(1) The Garden of Autumn Glory 73(2) Ornamental Grasses 75(4) The Orchard (or Love Them As If They Were People) 79(2) Building the Frame for a Grape Arbor 81(3) Training a Grapevine 84(2) Mulberry Jam 86(2) The Currant Bush 88(2) The House Behind the Cedars 90(7) Chestnutt, Charles The Garden Walk 92(1) Looking Through Cedars 93(2) The Living Fence 95(2) Places 97(7) Colette The Herb Garden That Begs to Be Touched 99(1) Culinary Graces: A Garden Herb Salad 100(2) Heirloom Tomatoes 102(2) The Pickwick Papers 104(4) Dickens, Charles The Hundred Perfumes 105(1) The Bird Garden 106(2) Rebecca 108(7) Du Maurier, Daphne An Army of Daffodils 110(2) The Slaughterous Red Rhododendron 112(1) The Humble Crocus 113(2) The Mill on the Floss 115(4) Eliot, George Wicked with Roses 117(2) Moonfleet 119(6) Falkner, J. Meade The Ancient Quince 120(2) Quince Marmalade 122(1) The Forgotten Fig 123(2) Tender Is the Night 125(9) Fitzgerald, F. Scott Nicole Divers Summer Garden 127(3) The Kaleidoscopic Peonies 130(2) The Accidental Ornament 132(2) Howards End 134(2) Forster, E. M The Dog Roses 135(1) Where Angels Fear to Tread 136(4) Forster, E. M The Pea Patch 137(2) Peas with Mint 139(1) The Return of the Native 140(4) Hardy, Thomas The Lost Art of Making a Maypole 142(2) The Blithedale Romance 144(4) Hawthorne, Nathaniel Cleverly Climbing Vines 146(1) Climb a Tree 146(2) ``Rappaccinis Daughter 148(9) Hawthorne, Nathaniel The Garden Beneath Giovannis Window 150(2) Garden Ornament and Sculpture 152(2) The Mystery of Vertumnus 154(1) Showy Shrubs 155(2) Elsie Venner: A Romance of Destiny 157(6) Holmes, Oliver Wendell Fragrant Box 159(2) A Boxwood Nursery 161(1) The Single Poplar 162(1) Les Miserables 163(4) Hugo, Victor The Garden Gone Wild 165(1) The Heyday of the Gillyflowers 166(1) Sons and Lovers 167(6) Lawrence, D. H Swooning Before Lilies 169(2) A Tapestry of White Phlox 171(1) The Big Stand of Madonna Lilies 172(1) ``Bliss 173(5) Mansfield, Katherine A Lovely Pear Tree 174(2) The Cat in the Garden 176(2) The Scarlet Pimpernel 178(2) Orczy, Baroness Emmuska The Scarlet Pimpernel 179(1) Remembrance of Things Past: Swanns Way 180(4) Proust, Marcel The Flowering Altar 181(2) Garden Memories 183(1) Rootabaga Stories: ``How to Tell Corn Fairies If You See Em 184(7) Sandburg, Carl The Corn Fairies Dance 186(2) Corn Relish 188(1) Cornhusk Dolls 189(2) Uncle Toms Cabin 191(7) Stowe, Harriet Beecher An Indulgent Corner of Annuals 192(3) Raspberries 195(1) A Scarlet Begonia 196(2) The Small House at Allington 198(6) Trollope, Anthony Croquet and Other Vigorous Lawn Games 200(2) Miss Lily Dales Perfect Lawn 202(2) On the Eve 204(6) Turgenev, Ivan The Contemplative Shade Garden 206(2) A Lime Tree Wherever You Are 208(2) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 210(5) Twain, Mark The Junk Garden 212(1) Facing the Sun 213(2) Ethan Frome 215(3) Wharton, Edith Travelers Joy 216(2) The House of Mirth 218(6) Wharton, Edith Art in the Garden 220(2) The Lingering Summer Garden 222(2) Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 224(4) Wiggin, Kate Douglas Garden of Buttercups 225(1) The Palette of Wild Mushrooms 225(3) ``Devoted Friend 228(7) Wilde, Oscar The Unfolding Garden 230(2) Shepherds Purse and Other Quirky Flowers of Yesteryear 232(3) The Picture of Dorian Gray 235(3) Wilde, Oscar Languorous Lilac 236(2) Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life 238(7) Wolfe, Thomas Gants Yard 240(3) The Plum Tree 243(2) Nana 245(9) Zola, Emile The Kitchen Garden 247(2) Artichokes! 249(1) A Strawberry Jar 250(2) Strawberry Spinach Salad 252(2) Reading List 254(2) List of Illustrations 256(1) Resources 257(10) Index 267
