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... building of the early European cathedrals the ground - plan of the gardens of Italy was usually laid out in the form of the Cross . Indeed , viewed from the point of view of a ground - plan the design bore a striking resemblance to that ...
... building of the early European cathedrals the ground - plan of the gardens of Italy was usually laid out in the form of the Cross . Indeed , viewed from the point of view of a ground - plan the design bore a striking resemblance to that ...
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... build their own dwellings but employed their own art in building fantastic , rocky palaces , however diminutive they might be , for their accommodation . The difficulty about the Chinese gardens has always been , especially with those ...
... build their own dwellings but employed their own art in building fantastic , rocky palaces , however diminutive they might be , for their accommodation . The difficulty about the Chinese gardens has always been , especially with those ...
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... building and garden , even to the tinkling bells at the corners of the roofs , must be such as to invite the spirits ... build the mound and the typical land- scape created to include the precise number of islands required and the ...
... building and garden , even to the tinkling bells at the corners of the roofs , must be such as to invite the spirits ... build the mound and the typical land- scape created to include the precise number of islands required 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