Anthology of critical and theoretical essays edited by Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn. "This volume explores the broad range of ideas about nature reflected in twentieth-century concepts of natural gardens and their ideological implications." -- from interior flap. Essays by Wolschke-Bulmahn, Stephen Jay Gould, Craig Clunas, Jost Hermand, Daniel Joseph Nadenicek, Anne L. Helmreich, Robin Karson, Virginia Tuttle Clayton, Jan Woudstra, Gert Gröning, and Anne Whiston Spirn. Includes an index. Printed in black-and-white.