Sylvan Sketches or A Companion to The Park and the Shrubbery with Illustrations from the Works of the Poets

Sylvan Sketches is a book written by Elizabeth Kent, which serves as a companion to The Park and the Shrubbery. It is a collection of poetic descriptions and illustrations of the natural world, including forests, gardens, and other outdoor spaces. The book features works from various poets, including William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and John Keats, among others. The illustrations included in the book provide a visual representation of the natural landscapes described in the poetry. Sylvan Sketches is a beautifully crafted work that celebrates the beauty and tranquility of nature, and will appeal to anyone who appreciates the power and majesty of the natural world.1831. Elizabeth Kent's works are transitional between literary accounts about plants and systematic, scientific accounts. Her Flora Domestica, or the Portable Flower Garden, for which she is best known, and Sylvan Sketches, integrate nature and narrative, science and art, horticulture and romantic languages of nature in ways that signify changing directions in early 19th century plant culture, looking forward to a more scientific approach to the subject. Sylvan Sketches describes 80 hardy trees and shrubs common in England, providing factual information about the plants along with their cultural associations and usages in other parts of the world, citing explorers and travel writers.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.