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... considered the stronger and more powerful medicine . It was considered a sovereign cure for 78 A SHORT HISTORY OF GARDENS.
... considered the stronger and more powerful medicine . It was considered a sovereign cure for 78 A SHORT HISTORY OF GARDENS.
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... considered it the most wonderful thing in the world that plants should have the ' secret ' and divine power lying hidden and enclosed within them . He probably discovered more than actually existed , and at the same time may have ...
... considered it the most wonderful thing in the world that plants should have the ' secret ' and divine power lying hidden and enclosed within them . He probably discovered more than actually existed , and at the same time may have ...
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... considered neces- sary for the men . Susannah is seen bathing her feet as she sits on the edge of a ' trough ' , a carved marble and gilt cistern , fed by four gilt nozzles from a fountain of elaborate Gothic design supported by four ...
... considered neces- sary for the men . Susannah is seen bathing her feet as she sits on the edge of a ' trough ' , a carved marble and gilt cistern , fed by four gilt nozzles from a fountain of elaborate Gothic design supported by four ...
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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