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... associated with Euphrosyne , one of the three Graces , and was gener- ally prized as having an excellent effect on the eyes . The Archangel Michael , it may be remembered , in Paradise Lost purged with euphrosyne and rue His visual orbs ...
... associated with Euphrosyne , one of the three Graces , and was gener- ally prized as having an excellent effect on the eyes . The Archangel Michael , it may be remembered , in Paradise Lost purged with euphrosyne and rue His visual orbs ...
Page 74
... associated the convol- vulus , because it was supposed that Nature in pro- ducing this flower was attempting a wild imitation . To indicate the elementary attempts at classification that were adopted it is of interest that the only ...
... associated the convol- vulus , because it was supposed that Nature in pro- ducing this flower was attempting a wild imitation . To indicate the elementary attempts at classification that were adopted it is of interest that the only ...
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... associated the religious , which accounted for most of the strange forms distinguishing the Far East ; and the simpler love of natural objects to be found in all the gardens of the richer classes . On the religious side Marco Polo ...
... associated the religious , which accounted for most of the strange forms distinguishing the Far East ; and the simpler love of natural objects to be found in all the gardens of the richer classes . On the religious side Marco Polo ...
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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