"My first choice must be that of the landscape architect Sylvia Crowe who published Garden Design in 1958. It remains the most comprehensive book on design I know... She covers Far Eastern developments, the , , English garden development and finally the contemporary garden in the West. But it is not all history – she weaves in design theory as she describes historical settings."
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Sylvia Crowe
, (15 September 1901 – 30 June 1997) was an English , er, author, and president of the from 1957 to 1959. She was appointed in 1967 (CBE) and in 1973 (DBE).
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