| Title: | Rectangular flower bed |
| Original Title: | Planche de Jardin |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 12 (1765), p. 698 |
| Author: | Louis, chevalier de Jaucourt (biography) |
| Translator: | Ann-Marie Thornton [Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey] |
| Subject terms: |
Gardening
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| Original Version (ARTFL): | Link |
| Source: | Russell, Terence M. and Anne Marie Thornton. Gardens and landscapes in the Encyclopédie of Diderot and D'Alembert : the letterpress articles and selected engravings. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999. Used with permission. |
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| Citation (MLA): | Jaucourt, Louis, chevalier de. "Rectangular flower bed." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0002.273>. Trans. of "Planche de Jardin," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 12. Paris, 1765. |
| Citation (Chicago): | Jaucourt, Louis, chevalier de. "Rectangular flower bed." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0002.273 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Planche de Jardin," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 12:698 (Paris, 1765). |
Rectangular flower bed. A rectangular plot of land which resembles an isolated border and is used for growing flowers. [1] Rectangular flower beds are separated by paths: they are usually 4-5 feet wide and as long as the garden or square bed of which they form a part. In fine kitchen gardens, these strips are edged with herbs; otherwise they are edged with brick or box.
A rectangular flower bed which is situated at the foot of a wall or palissade is called a sloping bed.
Notes
1. On borders, see article Border.