Prairie spirit in landscape gardening, what the people of Illinois have done and can do toward designing and planting public and private grounds for efficiency and beauty, by Wilhelm Miller, Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Illinois, College of Agriculture, Urbana, Illinois

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Date

1915

GUSN

GUSN-331312

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Ephemera collection
Product catalogues
Agriculture and landscaping
Landscape architecture and gardening
Prairie spirit in landscape gardening, what the people of Illinois have done and can do toward designing and planting public and private grounds for efficiency and beauty, by Wilhelm Miller, Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Illinois, College of Agriculture, Urbana, Illinois
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Ephemera collection
- Product catalogues
  - Agriculture and landscaping
    - Landscape architecture and gardening

Description

The author urges the restoration of native Illinois prairie vegetation to urban, rural, roadway and park settings.There is an Illinois citizen "oath" and "ballot" to support local community efforts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

experiment stations
landscape gardening
prairies
historic landscapes
landscape architecture
circulars (fliers)

Physical Descrption

1 circular, 32 pages : illustrations ; 12 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.12.001.004.125

Image Dimensions

12 1/4 x 9 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2017.

Places

Urbana (Champaign county, Illinois)

Record Details

Originator

Miller, Wilhelm, 1869-1938 (Author)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Agricultural Experiment Station (Publisher)

Material Type

circulars (fliers)

Subjects

Restoration ecology

Description Level

Item

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