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Herbert Newton Wethered. Philosophers wandered in the cloisters followed by trains of listeners or sat on benches answering the questions put to them . Cicero founded an Academy in Rome on somewhat similar lines- as Pliny said , in ...
Herbert Newton Wethered. Philosophers wandered in the cloisters followed by trains of listeners or sat on benches answering the questions put to them . Cicero founded an Academy in Rome on somewhat similar lines- as Pliny said , in ...
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... followed swiftly one after another . Before Sheraton introduced the taste for satinwood and the Empire style there occurred the interval of Chinoiserie which is chiefly associated with Chippen- dale - that peculiar rococo style alive ...
... followed swiftly one after another . Before Sheraton introduced the taste for satinwood and the Empire style there occurred the interval of Chinoiserie which is chiefly associated with Chippen- dale - that peculiar rococo style alive ...
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... followed on a different track . Homes had to be found for these hardy varieties in imitation of the conditions with which they were in sympathy . Every in- genuity was employed to invent moraines and THE OLD MEN'S GARDENS , CHELSEA ...
... followed on a different track . Homes had to be found for these hardy varieties in imitation of the conditions with which they were in sympathy . Every in- genuity was employed to invent moraines and THE OLD MEN'S GARDENS , CHELSEA ...
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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