Written from a biological perspective, the book aims at educating kids on the importance of trees and the environment. Gardening History Timeline from Ancient Times to 1700. The Preservation Reformatting Division used LC preservation specifications to produce this digital reproduction of all ten volumes, comprising 8,400 pages and over 1,000 photographs and other illustrations. Flora Danica Online Flora Danica is a collection of folio-sized pictures of all wild plants in Denmark that was compiled between 1761 and 1874. Some 3,000 images from copper-engraved plates are available.
Images are available on thumbnail images that link to half screen jpgs.
This site is provided by the Danish National Library of Science and Medicine. The drawings and paintings, from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, are excellent quality and searchable. Enchanted Gardens of the Renaissance A visual tour of three Renaissance Gardens and their relationship to the art of the period. Cultivating Canadian Gardens A history of gardening in Canada. Gardening and Mythology Mythological references to gardening subjects.