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British Library: Lost Gardens
Illustrations from manuscripts and early printed books dig into the story of gardening. Includes games.
http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/tours/lostgardens/
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Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants
Collects, preserves, and distributes historic plant varieties.
http://www.monticello.org/chp/index.html
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The History of Gardening Timeline
An account of gardening from ancient times to the twentieth century organized by time periods with links to supplementary information.
http://www.gardendigest.com/timetab.htm
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Dutch Gardens and Garden Architecture
Information from the first chapter of a book on Dutch gardens.
http://library.wur.nl/speccol/intro.html
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Landscape History
A categorised collection of images and photographs of gardens and landscapes in a number of designs.
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~helphand/homepage.html
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Canoe Plants of Ancient Hawaii
Guide to the plants carried by early Polynesian voyagers in their canoes - history and traditional uses for each of two dozen plants.
http://www.canoeplants.com/
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Parcs à fabriques - French Anglo-Chinese gardens
Account of some of the major French gardens made in the style known in France as Anglo-Chinese, and in England as English landscape.
http://cesarigd.club.fr/parcsafabriques/homepage.htm
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Japanese Garden Database
Educational web site providing information on outstanding examples of Japanese garden art.
http://www.jgarden.org/
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Australian Garden History Society
Organisation of people with an interest in the various aspects of garden history - including horticulture, landscape design and architecture. Journal and garden events summary.
http://www.gardenhistorysociety.org.au/
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Fruits and Flowers of Winter
Archive of an exhibition with items from the Mertz Library’s rare books and archival materials. Includes orangeries, hothouses and botanical drawings.
http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/Onlinexhibits/winterex.html
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