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The Shakespeare Garden By Esther Singleton, With Numerous Illustrations From Photographs And Reproductions Of Old Wood Cuts

CONTENTS PART ONE THE GARDEN OF DELIGHT Evolution of the Shakespeare Garden 3 I. The Medieval Pleasance 3 II. Garden of Delight 11 III. The Italian Renaissance Garden 15 IV. Bagh-i-Vafa 19 V. New Fad for Flowers 21 VI. Tudor Gardens 25 VII. Garden Pleasures 29 The Curious Knotted Garden 31 I. Flower Lovers and Herbalists 31 II. The Elizabethan Garden 40 III. Old Garden Authors 68 IV. "Outlandish" and English Flowers 78 PART TWO THE FLOWERS OF SHAKESPEARE Spring : "The Sweet o' the Year" 93 I. Primroses, Cowslips, and Oxlips 93 II. "Daffodils That Come Before the Swallow Dares" 109 III. "Daisies Pied and Violets Blue" 118 IV. "Lady-smocks All Silver White" and "Cuckoo-buds of Every Yellow Hue" 130 V. Anemones and "Azured Harebells" 133 VI. Columbine and Broom-flower 137 Summer: "Sweet Summer Buds" 145 I. "Morning Roses Newly Washed with Dew" 145 II. "Lilies of All Kinds" 160 III. Crown-Imperial and Flower-de-Luce 167 IV. Fern and Honeysuckle 175 V. Carnations and Gilliflowers 181 VI. Marigold and Larkspur 189 VII. Pansies for Thoughts and Poppies for Dreams 200 VIII. Crow-flowers and Long Purples 207 IX. Saffron Crocus and Cuckoo-flowers . 210 X. Pomegranate and Myrtle 215 Autumn: "

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