As the illustrations show, Page (1906-1985) designed, and was influenced by, gardens throughout the world. UK gardening columnist Fox (Financial Times) introduces this reissue of Page's 1962 memoirs that English gardeners found odd in primarily treating grand foreign gardens and those who commissioned them. Yet this leading yet now little-known landscape designer, who designed the garden at the Frick Collection, New York City, was an early proponent of "anchoring" a residence to its surrounding landscape. The author's preface to the 1983 edition is included. Annotation 2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
