The Smithsonian Institution has recently uploaded a set of glass lantern slides from the 1920's and 1930's of American Gardens in its Flickr photostream. The photos are primarily of estates in their heyday and feature works by Gertrude Jekyll, Jens Jensen and Fletcher Steele. For more information about the Archives of American Gardens, visit the Smithsonian's Gardens and Horticulture Services website. I like to imagine myself sipping a cold drink in one of these oases...
