Author: BETTS, EDWIN M. & PERKINS, HAZLEHURST BOLTON
Title: THOMAS JEFFERSON'S FLOWER GARDEN AT MONTICELLO.
Description: Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia, 1971. Reprint of the 1941 edition. Paperback, 22cmx14cm, Good copy /Cover in color, Design by Edward G. Foss. The type is Bembo. With a note to the second edition. Contents: 1). Early planning and planting. 2). The climate of Monticello. 3). Water for a mountaintop. 4). The greenhouse. 5). The flower beds and borders. 6). The garden restored. With a list of plants grown by Jefferson at Monticello and bibliography. 17 illustrations. Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826) was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the 'United States Declaration of Independence' (1776) and the third President of the United States (1801-1809). Situated on a mountaintop outside Charlottesville, Virginia, Monticello, a 5000-acre plantation, was the home of Thomas Jefferson. 60 pag.

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