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Medieval rose garden

Garden with roses enclosed by a wattle fence, from Boccacio's "Cento Norelle," 1490.
Hand-colored woodcut reproductioin of a 15th century illustration

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Garden irrigation in the 1500s

Garden water pumped through beds via intersecting channels, formal bed design of 1571.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Valley Forge visit of Martha Washington, 1777

Martha Washington visiting the Continental Army encampment at Valley Forge during the Revolutionary War.
Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

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