The Gardens & Grounds at Mount Vernon: How George Washington Planned and Planted ThemMount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union, 1982 - 116 Seiten The first state of the first edition, a limited printing of 200 copies, has "Elizabeth Kellam de Forrest" on title page, spine, and dust jacket spine. Some later paperback printings continue the error on the spine alone. |
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... Wash- ington's meticulous diaries and reports , his voluminous correspondence , and the descriptions of contemporary visi- tors to Mount Vernon have always played an essential role in the Association's work in restoring Mount Vernon ...
... Wash- ington's meticulous diaries and reports , his voluminous correspondence , and the descriptions of contemporary visi- tors to Mount Vernon have always played an essential role in the Association's work in restoring Mount Vernon ...
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... LANES 2 BOWLING GREEN 8 WASH YARD 3 UPPER GARDEN 9 WILDERNESS AREA 4 LOWER GARDEN 10 NORTH GROVE 5 GREENHOUSE 11 SOUTH GROVE 6 BOTANICAL GARDEN 12 DEER PARK 13 VINEYARD ENCLOSURE THE PLAN WASHINGTON WAS A YOUNG MAN , twenty - 10.
... LANES 2 BOWLING GREEN 8 WASH YARD 3 UPPER GARDEN 9 WILDERNESS AREA 4 LOWER GARDEN 10 NORTH GROVE 5 GREENHOUSE 11 SOUTH GROVE 6 BOTANICAL GARDEN 12 DEER PARK 13 VINEYARD ENCLOSURE THE PLAN WASHINGTON WAS A YOUNG MAN , twenty - 10.
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... Wash- ington had read about in Philip Miller's Gardener's Dictionary— " it rises , " he wrote to his nephew on January 6 , 1785 , “ Ac- cording to his Acct . [ Miller's ] to the height of Eighty feet or more , flowers early and is a ...
... Wash- ington had read about in Philip Miller's Gardener's Dictionary— " it rises , " he wrote to his nephew on January 6 , 1785 , “ Ac- cording to his Acct . [ Miller's ] to the height of Eighty feet or more , flowers early and is a ...
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The Planting | 23 |
The Garden Enclosures | 47 |
The Lower Garden | 71 |
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