Chicago gardens: the early history
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1. Verfasser: Maloney, Cathy Jean (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago University of Chicago Press c2008
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Online-Zugang:DE-1046
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-410) and index
Introduction -- Growers and sowers: planters of the plains and parkways -- Planting the prairie: defining the new plant palette -- Chicago by design: a blank canvas for cultivated gardens -- Suburban sojourn: gardens in the country -- Fairs and flowers: Chicago hosts a world of fairs -- Prairie pastimes: entertaining in the garden -- The next century -- Appendix 1: Plant lists by time period -- Appendix 2: Chicago plants -- Appendix 3: Key names and groups in the Garden City, 1833-1933
Once maligned as a swampy outpost, the fledgling city of Chicago brazenly adopted the motto Urbs in Horto or City in a Garden, in 1837. Chicago Gardens shows how this upstart town earned its sobriquet over the next century, from the first vegetable plots at Fort Dearborn to innovative garden designs at the 1933 World's Fair. Cathy Jean Maloney has spent decades researching the city's horticultural heritage, and here she reveals the unusual history of Chicago's first gardens. Challenged by the region's clay soil, harsh winters, and fierce winds, Chicago's
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ISBN:0226502341
0226502368
9780226502342
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