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• Blue Ridge Parkway (N.C. and Va.)

• Painting with a Comet's Tail: The Touch of the Landscape Architect on the Blue Ridge Parkway (c1987), by Harley E. Jolley (multiple formats with commentary at appstate.edu)

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• An Essay on Design in Gardening (bound with a French author's Treatise Upon the Culture of Peach Trees; both published 1768), by George Mason (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Landscape Gardening and Landscape Architecture of the Late Humphrey Repton, Esq.: Being His Entire Works on These Subjects (London and Edinburgh: Printed for the editor, and sold by Longman and Co., and A. and C. Black, 1840), by Humphry Repton, ed. by J. C. Loudon
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• Yosemite and the Mariposa Grove: A Preliminary Report, 1865, by Frederick Law Olmsted (illustrated HTML with commentary at Yosemite Web)

• Theme Park Landscapes: Antecedents and Variations, ed. by Terence Young and Robert Riley (PDF with commentary at doaks.org)

• Perspectives on Garden Histories, ed. by Michel Conan (PDF with commentary at doaks.org)

• Perspectives on Garden Histories, ed. by Michel Conan (PDF with commentary at doaks.org)

• Environmentalism in Landscape Architecture, ed. by Michel Conan (PDF with commentary at doaks.org)

• Environmentalism in Landscape Architecture, ed. by Michel Conan (PDF with commentary at doaks.org)

• The Temple Builder's Most Useful Companion, Being Fifty Entire New Original Designs for Pleasure and Recreation: Consisting of Plans, Elevations, and Sections, in the Greek, Roman, and Gothic Taste, Calculated for the Ornamenting of Parks, Forests, Woods, Gardens, Canals, Eminences, Extensive Views, Mounts, Vistos, Islands, &c.; Together with a Full Explanation, in Letter Press, to Each Design, and Exact Scales for Measurement (London: Printed for I. Taylor, 1774), by Thomas Collins Overton, illust. by Isaac Taylor
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• John Evelyn's "Elysium Britannicum" and European Gardening, ed. by Therese O'Malley and Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn (PDF with commentary at doaks.org)

• Grotesque Architecture, Or, Rural Amusement: Consisting of Plans, Elevations, and Sections, for Huts, Retreats, Summer and Winter Hermitages, Terminaries, Chinese, Gothic, and Natural Grottos, Cascades, Baths, Mosques, Moresque Pavilions, Grotesque and Rustic Seats, Green-houses, &c., Many of Which May Be Executed with Flints, Irregular Stones, Rude Branches, and Roots of Trees; The Whole Containing Twenty-eight New Designs, with Scales to Each: To Which is Added, an Explanation, with the Method of Executing Them (London: Printed for I. and J. Taylor, 1790), by William Wrighte
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• John Evelyn's "Elysium Britannicum" and European Gardening, ed. by Therese O'Malley and Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn (PDF with commentary at doaks.org)

• Royal Palaces and Parks of France (Boston: L. C. Page and Co., 1910), by Francis Miltoun, illust. by Blanche McManus (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)

• Italian Villas and Their Gardens (New York: The Century Co., 1905), by Edith Wharton, illust. by Maxfield Parrish
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• Espacios Libres y Reservas Forestales de las Ciudades: Su Adaptación a Jardines, Parques y Lugares de Juego; Aplicación á la Ciudad de México (in Spanish; Mexico City: Gomar y Busson, 1911), by Miguel Angel de Quevedo
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• Landscape Architecture (partial serial archives)
• House Beautiful (partial serial archives)
• House & Garden (partial serial archives)

• The Temple Builder's Most Useful Companion, Being Fifty Entire New Original Designs for Pleasure and Recreation: Consisting of Plans, Elevations, and Sections, in the Greek, Roman, and Gothic Taste, Calculated for the Ornamenting of Parks, Forests, Woods, Gardens, Canals, Eminences, Extensive Views, Mounts, Vistos, Islands, &c.; Together with a Full Explanation, in Letter Press, to Each Design, and Exact Scales for Measurement (London: Printed for I. Taylor, 1774), by Thomas Collins Overton, illust. by Isaac Taylor
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• The Cattle Guard: Its History and Lore (originally published 1982; open access edition Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, c2021), by James F. Hoy (PDF and Epub with commentary at ku.edu)

• The Cattle Guard: Its History and Lore (originally published 1982; open access edition Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, c2021), by James F. Hoy (PDF and Epub with commentary at ku.edu)

• Garden Ornaments (New York: Duffield and Co., 1916), by Mary Harrod Northend
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• Grotesque Architecture, Or, Rural Amusement: Consisting of Plans, Elevations, and Sections, for Huts, Retreats, Summer and Winter Hermitages, Terminaries, Chinese, Gothic, and Natural Grottos, Cascades, Baths, Mosques, Moresque Pavilions, Grotesque and Rustic Seats, Green-houses, &c., Many of Which May Be Executed with Flints, Irregular Stones, Rude Branches, and Roots of Trees; The Whole Containing Twenty-eight New Designs, with Scales to Each: To Which is Added, an Explanation, with the Method of Executing Them (London: Printed for I. and J. Taylor, 1790), by William Wrighte
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• A History of Gardening in England (third edition; London: J. Murray, 1910), by Mrs. Evelyn Cecil (page images at HathiTrust)
• A History of Gardening in England (third edition; New York: E. P. Dutton, 1910), by Mrs. Evelyn Cecil
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• A Floral Fantasy in an Old English Garden (London: Harper and Bros., 1899), by Walter Crane (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Garden Craftsmanship in Yew And Box (London: E. Benn Ltd., 1925), by Nathaniel Lloyd (page images at HathiTrust)

• Palette of Plants: Sequel to Planting Design (Champaign, IL: Garrard Press, c1950), by Florence Bell Robinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Planting Design (New York and London: Whittlesey house, McGraw-Hill Book Co., c1940), by Florence Bell Robinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Art of Beautifying Suburban Home Grounds of Small Extent (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1870), by Frank J. Scott (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Garden as a Picture (extract from Scribner's magazine, 1907), by Beatrix Farrand, illust. by Henry McCarter (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Villa Gardener: Comprising the Choice of a Suburban Villa Residence; the Laying Out, Planting, and Culture of the Garden and Grounds; and the Management of the Villa Farm, Including the Dairy and Poultry-Yard (London: W. S. Orr and co., 1850), by J. C. Loudon, ed. by Mrs. Loudon (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Amateur Garden (New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1914), by George Washington Cable (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Old-Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth (New York and London: Macmillan, 1901), by Alice Morse Earle
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• Old-Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth (New York and London: Macmillan, 1902), by Alice Morse Earle (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Followed by a Description of the Plants, Shrubs and Trees for the Open-Air Garden and Their Culture (13th edition; New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1921), by W. Robinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Landscape Gardening and Landscape Architecture of the Late Humphrey Repton, Esq.: Being His Entire Works on These Subjects (London and Edinburgh: Printed for the editor, and sold by Longman and Co., and A. and C. Black, 1840), by Humphry Repton, ed. by J. C. Loudon
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• A Woman's Hardy Garden (New York and London: Macmillan, 1903), by Helena Rutherfurd Ely, illust. by Charles Frederick Chandler (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)

• The Lady's Recreation: or, The Third and Last Part of the Art of Gardening Improv'd (Dublin: Reprinted for G. Grierson, 1717), by Charles Evelyn and John Laurence, contrib. by John Evelyn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Observations on Modern Gardening, Illustrated by Descriptions (second edition; London: Printed for T. Payne, 1770), by Thomas Whately (page images at HathiTrust)

• Essay on Modern Gardening (in English and French; Canton, PA: Kirgate Press, 1904), by Horace Walpole, trans. by Louis Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini Nivernais, contrib. by Alice Morse Earle
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• Il Giardino Italiano (in Italian; Rome: E. Loescher, 1915), by Maria Pasolini Ponti (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The American Home (partial serial archives)
• Better Homes and Gardens (partial serial archives)

• Landscaping on the New Frontier: Waterwise Design for the Intermountain West (Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 2009), by Susan E. Meyer, Roger K. Kjelgren, Darrel G. Morrison, and William A. Varga, illust. by Bettina Schultz (PDF with commentary at usu.edu)

• Garden Craftsmanship in Yew And Box (London: E. Benn Ltd., 1925), by Nathaniel Lloyd (page images at HathiTrust)

• Mazes and Labyrinths: A General Account of Their History and Developments (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1922), by William Henry Matthews (illustrated HTML at sacred-texts.com)

• The Well-Considered Garden (new and revised edition; New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1923), by Mrs. Francis King, contrib. by Gertrude Jekyll (page images at HathiTrust)
• Album für Teppichgärtnerei und Gruppenbepflanzung (second edition, in German; Erfurt: L. Möller, ca. 1897), by Karl Götze (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Villa Gardener: Comprising the Choice of a Suburban Villa Residence; the Laying Out, Planting, and Culture of the Garden and Grounds; and the Management of the Villa Farm, Including the Dairy and Poultry-Yard (London: W. S. Orr and co., 1850), by J. C. Loudon, ed. by Mrs. Loudon (multiple formats at archive.org)

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