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... Greeks as a race was constantly renewed . These meeting - places were athletic grounds open to all comers of Greek blood , great national parks from which certain important developments were to follow later . For the religious motive ...
... Greeks as a race was constantly renewed . These meeting - places were athletic grounds open to all comers of Greek blood , great national parks from which certain important developments were to follow later . For the religious motive ...
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... Greek houses . In the final development of Greek gardening we arrive at the extravagances of Hellenism , following the unification of Greece under the leadership of Macedonia . Alexander as the conqueror of Persia , Syria , Palestine ...
... Greek houses . In the final development of Greek gardening we arrive at the extravagances of Hellenism , following the unification of Greece under the leadership of Macedonia . Alexander as the conqueror of Persia , Syria , Palestine ...
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... Greek culture . The antagonism was intensified by the encroachments of Greek trade , the importa- tion of corn from Sicily , of wine and oil from Africa and the Greek Islands . Pliny thus stood for the old ideal , the farm and the ...
... Greek culture . The antagonism was intensified by the encroachments of Greek trade , the importa- tion of corn from Sicily , of wine and oil from Africa and the Greek Islands . Pliny thus stood for the old ideal , the farm and the ...
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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