garden articles!

[bunnyjadwiga]

Our Library's JSTOR subscription includes the journal, Garden History.

"Mediaeval Plantsmanship in England: The Culture of Rosemary." John H. Harvey. Garden History, Vol. 1, No. 1. (Sep., 1972), pp. 14-21.

"Our Heritage: The Dutch Garden, an Introduction to Its History." C. M. Cremers. Garden History, Vol. 2, No. 1. (Autumn, 1973), pp. 10-29.

"Spanish Gardens in Their Historical Background," John H. Harvey. Garden History, Vol. 3, No. 1. (Autumn, 1974), pp. 7-14.

"Gardens in Elizabethan Embroidery," Thomasina Beck. Garden History, Vol. 3, No. 1. (Autumn, 1974), pp. 44-56"

"Medicines and Spices, with Special Reference to Medieval Monastic Accounts," Marjorie Jenkins. Garden History, Vol. 4, No. 3. (Autumn, 1976), pp. 47-49.

"Gilliflower and Carnation," John H. Harvey. Garden History, Vol. 6, No. 1. (Spring, 1978), pp. 46-57.

" The Supply of Plants in the North-West," John H. Harvey. Garden History, Vol. 6, No. 3. (Winter, 1978), pp. 33-37.

"Walls in Half-Circles and Serpentine Walls," Jean O'Neill. Garden History, Vol. 8, No. 3. (Winter, 1980), pp. 69-76.

Comments

[fuzzybutchkins.livejournal.com]

hey, that reminds me... do you know anything about the defunct British fraternity called something like The Order of Freegardeners? Like masons, but with rakes.

[vox8.livejournal.com]

Oh great Librarian Goddess - how would one go about getting some of those articles? Meaning, which part of my library do I need to go to and what specifically do I need to ask them to do for me?

The only one that doesn't make me salivate is the one on serpentine walls.

Free gardeners

[bunnyjadwiga.livejournal.com]

I'd never heard of it, but I'm seeing suggestions that lodges of 'freegardeners' were outgrowths of the old Gardener's Guilds, turned into 'friendly societies'. That's pretty much what I would have suspected.

History Shelf draws the same conclusion:
http://www.historyshelf.org/shelf/free/index.php

The original craft guilds of gardeners were city organizations and were established between 1500 and 1700. At some point, apparently they grew beyond merely trade guilds... It's possible that either the masonic symbols were borrowed from the Freemasons, or crept in from the study of esoterica and symbolism that was especially popular in the 1700s.

[bunnyjadwiga.livejournal.com]

The simplest thing to do is to ask at the reference desk whether your library has access to back issues of Garden History. You can tell them that you have heard it is archived on the electronic service JSTOR. If it's an academic library, they can tell you if they have a JSTOR subscription and if Garden History is part of it.
Otherwise, go through Interlibrary Loan... I'll post more examples of articles as I find thme.