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Page 50
... give relief to the bareness of planted areas , stiff parterres , clipped hedges and stretches of turf and gravel . Also it satisfied an instinctive liking for the most primitive shelter of a roof that nature has ever contrived to offer ...
... give relief to the bareness of planted areas , stiff parterres , clipped hedges and stretches of turf and gravel . Also it satisfied an instinctive liking for the most primitive shelter of a roof that nature has ever contrived to offer ...
Page 121
... gives us the symbol ; the miniature painting gives us the clearer idea of reality . Both carpet and picture convey a sense of exquisite grace and beauty , the unforced expression of a natural art , the essence of which lies in the use ...
... gives us the symbol ; the miniature painting gives us the clearer idea of reality . Both carpet and picture convey a sense of exquisite grace and beauty , the unforced expression of a natural art , the essence of which lies in the use ...
Page 192
... give a full shade , like the gallery of a house . They must be finely gravelled and no grass , because of going wet . Borders of fruit trees stand at intervals along the walks to set them off to greater advantage with some flowers ...
... give a full shade , like the gallery of a house . They must be finely gravelled and no grass , because of going wet . Borders of fruit trees stand at intervals along the walks to set them off to greater advantage with some flowers ...
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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