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... ground , was later transformed by Louis XIV into a magnificent pleasure ground . Even then Le Menagerie still remained as part of the scheme on the Western side of the Grand Canal , to symbolize , as it were , the early type of ...
... ground , was later transformed by Louis XIV into a magnificent pleasure ground . Even then Le Menagerie still remained as part of the scheme on the Western side of the Grand Canal , to symbolize , as it were , the early type of ...
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... ground and yielding a rich harvest , although rather a late one . Below this again stretch the vineyards right along the mountain side , making an agreeable line in the landscape . Then come meadows and cornfields . The soil is ...
... ground and yielding a rich harvest , although rather a late one . Below this again stretch the vineyards right along the mountain side , making an agreeable line in the landscape . Then come meadows and cornfields . The soil is ...
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... ground has been forgotten . Wild - flower seeds have been sprinkled lavishly , roses are going to bloom in the most surprising parts of the city , the gardens to to - be - rented houses are being tidied , miles of flags are being made ...
... ground has been forgotten . Wild - flower seeds have been sprinkled lavishly , roses are going to bloom in the most surprising parts of the city , the gardens to to - be - rented houses are being tidied , miles of flags are being made ...
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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