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Page 276
... fact that the virtuosi had scarcely left three trees growing in a line from Land's End to the Tweed . Far too much , he maintained , had been sacrificed for an affectation of natural simplicity . In his Dissertation on Oriental Gardens ...
... fact that the virtuosi had scarcely left three trees growing in a line from Land's End to the Tweed . Far too much , he maintained , had been sacrificed for an affectation of natural simplicity . In his Dissertation on Oriental Gardens ...
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... fact that a new era was beginning and with it a certain strain of originality to meet the situation . The scientific age was opening - an age of coal , iron and steel and , particularly in gardening , of glass . The orangery of the past ...
... fact that a new era was beginning and with it a certain strain of originality to meet the situation . The scientific age was opening - an age of coal , iron and steel and , particularly in gardening , of glass . The orangery of the past ...
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... fact approximate to the modern ideal of the house and the spare parts of a machine in respect to uniformity and accuracy of measurement . In spite of that fact , however , if the art has suffered , science has sup- plied a substitute ...
... fact approximate to the modern ideal of the house and the spare parts of a machine in respect to uniformity and accuracy of measurement . In spite of that fact , however , if the art has suffered , science has sup- plied a substitute ...
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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