xiv 635 pages, illustrated, listings in alphabetical order. Reprint. Apart from an ownership stamp on the half title page, a clean, unmarked and solid copy. Overseas customers please note the book is heavy and will attract additional postage." This volume covers the history and design of gardens across the globe--from the earliest known examples to the present day. It includes articles on roof gardens, water gardens, secret gardens, and other special types of gardens. It contains essays on garden elements such as fountains, grottoes, herbaceous borders, hedges and follies, and accounts of garden history in individual countries. Definitions of English and foreign-language garden terms are given, as well as biographies of designers, patrons, plant-collectors, and garden enthusiasts. Also included is information on landscape gardening, public parks, and international exhibition"