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... England the revival of the topiary art soon became a craze . Subjects in geometrical patterns were used for plant sculpture , and of this type of design in England the gardens of Levens in Westmorland still remain a specialized example ...
... England the revival of the topiary art soon became a craze . Subjects in geometrical patterns were used for plant sculpture , and of this type of design in England the gardens of Levens in Westmorland still remain a specialized example ...
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... England when William III came to the throne . In that country speculation in the rarer varieties had mounted to a ... England to the same extent , but it was sufficiently encouraged to draw from Addison a humorous commentary . He tells ...
... England when William III came to the throne . In that country speculation in the rarer varieties had mounted to a ... England to the same extent , but it was sufficiently encouraged to draw from Addison a humorous commentary . He tells ...
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... England paid her new sovereign , to wear the dress of a Dutch morass . Such were the errors of the time ; our con- noisseurs in their zeal became mynheers ; and it would probably have been then esteemed as great a mark of dis- affection ...
... England paid her new sovereign , to wear the dress of a Dutch morass . Such were the errors of the time ; our con- noisseurs in their zeal became mynheers ; and it would probably have been then esteemed as great a mark of dis- affection ...
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amongst ancient appeared architecture arrangement artificial artistic avenues beauty became beds birds built canals Capability Brown centre century charm Chinese Chinese gardens cloister colour court cultivation Cut-work cypress decorative delight Dutch effect Egypt England English gardening fact fashion flowering plants flowers fountain French fruit grass Greece Greek green grotto ground groves Hampton Court hedges Helen Allingham herbs hills history of gardening horticulture idea Italian Italy land landscape later lawns lines manner marble medieval ment modern motive nature never ornament painting palace paradise park parterres period Persia Persian garden phase picture plants pleasure Pliny Pope Reginald Blomfield religious Renaissance Roman Rome roses scene scheme scientific seats shade side space spirit style surroundings symbolism taste temple terraces tion topiary tradition trees Tudor period variety VAUX-LE-VICOMTE Versailles villas violets walks walls wild Younger Pliny