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Ex Horto: Dumbarton Oaks Texts in Garden and Landscape Studies

Below is a list of in-print works in this collection, presented in series order or publication order as applicable.

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1.		Garden Culture of the Twentieth Century Migge, Leberecht Haney, David H. Innovative landscape architect Leberecht Migge espoused an idea of “garden culture” that reflected the progressive political currents of early twentieth-century Germany. Garden Culture of the Twentieth Century details his vision, including an emphasis on the socioeconomic benefits of urban agriculture that prefigured this now popular trend.
2.		Travel Report: An Apprenticeship in the Earl of Derby's Kitchen Gardens and Greenhouses at Knowsley, England Jancke, Hans Wolschke-Bulmahn, Joachim Hale, Mic This illustrated volume presents the never-before-published travel report by the Prussian court gardener Hans Jancke. Describing his 1874-1875 apprenticeship in England, the report contains extensive plant lists, measured drawings, and detailed descriptions of the horticultural regimens observed in the Knowsley Estate’s gardens and greenhouses.

Cover: Garden Culture of the Twentieth Century

Migge, Leberecht
Haney, David H.

Innovative landscape architect Leberecht Migge espoused an idea of “garden culture” that reflected the progressive political currents of early twentieth-century Germany. Garden Culture of the Twentieth Century details his vision, including an emphasis on the socioeconomic benefits of urban agriculture that prefigured this now popular trend.

Travel Report: An Apprenticeship in the Earl of Derby's Kitchen Gardens and Greenhouses at Knowsley, England

Jancke, Hans
Wolschke-Bulmahn, Joachim
Hale, Mic

This illustrated volume presents the never-before-published travel report by the Prussian court gardener Hans Jancke. Describing his 1874-1875 apprenticeship in England, the report contains extensive plant lists, measured drawings, and detailed descriptions of the horticultural regimens observed in the Knowsley Estate’s gardens and greenhouses.

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