Gardens of the Gilded Age: Nineteenth-Century Gardens and Homegrounds of New York State

Houses and gardens created in America between 1860 and 1917 were "modern" manifestations of nineteenth-century art, science, and industry, conveying cultural values in their form, function, style, and materials. Now increasing public interest in the restoration of nineteenth-century properties has provoked curiosity about their physical surroundings. While many buildings from the period survive intact, their landscape and garden settings, in most cases, have long since disappeared. Natural ...