Adams, W.H. & W. Rawls, 1991, Nature perfected, Abbevile Press, Abbeville
- Author : Adams, W.H. & W. Rawls
- Year : 1991
- Publisher : Abbevile Press
- Publisher's Location : Abbeville
- ISBN : 0-89569-919-1
- Pages : 356
- Comments : KEYWORDS: gardens, garden design, history, garden history, horticulture
- Outline : Beginning with the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, and Rome, this book skillfully uncovers the evidence of gardening through the art, history, and literature of those early sites of culture, as well as later findings of archaeology. It then takes us farther afield into the later civilizations of Islam and Mughal India, reveals the important contributions of Italy and France, China and Japan, England, and the New World.