Grandmother's Garden: The Old-Fashioned American Garden 1865-1915

Grandmother's Garden: The Old-Fashioned American Garden 1865-1915 by Hill, May Brawley. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780810933897.

The first serious study of traditional American perennial gardens, which attained great popularity in the years between the Civil War and World War I, this abundantly illustrated volume explores this old-fashioned garden style--frequently referred to as "grandmothers garden"--as seen in small towns, artists colonies and craft villages, mining towns, and settlements on the Western frontier. 159 illustrations, 75 in color.