http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Robert+Erickson Gardening Robert Erickson Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=71118&ca=Gardening The Roman de la Rose gives the best possible idea of both the French and English gardens of the Middle Ages. It was chiefly written by Guillaume de Loris, in the first half of the thirteenth century, and was probably well known in England before it was translated by Chaucer into English. There are s... Gardening Robert Erickson Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=71121&ca=Gardening As the cultivated ground of estates grew in size, it gradually came to be divided into compartments. These subdivisions were usually formed of latticework with square or diamond-shaped apertures, more or less ornamental as during the classic era. There were beds for plants raised several inches abov... Gardening Robert Erickson Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=71136&ca=Gardening Under Edward I the mediaeval prosperity of the English may be said to have culminated. It declined under the weak or warlike reigns of his successors, until during the Wars of the Roses much that civilization had gained seemed to have been lost. The Tudor accession brought the Wars of the Roses to a... Gardening Robert Erickson Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=71820&ca=Gardening Every Tudor garden contained one or more arbors. One type had a square-topped roof, while the other type was arched. Both were constructed of willows or osiers. Fragrant rosemary, jasmine, and roses of various sorts, especially the sweetbrier or eglantine, were also trained over the trellis, which o... Gardening Robert Erickson Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=71831&ca=Gardening The fruitful age of Queen Elizabeth brought both the planning and the planting of the loveliest English gardens very nearly to perfection. When the other arts of the Renaissance had reached their maturity and were on the verge of decline, garden making began to develop rapidly. Most of the finest ho... Gardening Robert Erickson Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=71834&ca=Gardening The Dutch garden is said to have been brought to England by William III, though some of its characteristics might have been discovered there before his day. It was an adaptation of the French and Barocco styles, hardly to be called original, but comprising certain features at least individual. This... Gardening Robert Erickson Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=71838&ca=Gardening English gardens had degenerated into meaningless repetitions of French and Dutch fashions by the end of the seventeenth century. Conventional plans were mimicked or exaggerated until the formal manner became merely an affected mannerism. Finally, nothing remaining but the defects of the old system,...