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Page 102
... hand ; the obelisk of Thotmes ; and at the further end of the Stadium were grouped the Four Horses of Lysippus ... hands of the followers of Mohammed , the artists , the majority of whom were monks , were dispersed Westward and assisted ...
... hand ; the obelisk of Thotmes ; and at the further end of the Stadium were grouped the Four Horses of Lysippus ... hands of the followers of Mohammed , the artists , the majority of whom were monks , were dispersed Westward and assisted ...
Page 120
... hand to hand . The trees are plentiful and varied -the cypress in its severity contrasting with the almond , medlar , cherry , magnolia , plane tree , and other blossoming fruit trees . Singing birds can be seen perched in the branches ...
... hand to hand . The trees are plentiful and varied -the cypress in its severity contrasting with the almond , medlar , cherry , magnolia , plane tree , and other blossoming fruit trees . Singing birds can be seen perched in the branches ...
Page 303
... hands of the reformers , was not benefited by the hand of artifice and science . Plants demand- ing the easiest cultivation could fill the widest borders with a profusion of bloom . The difficulty was to restrain growth rather than to ...
... hands of the reformers , was not benefited by the hand of artifice and science . Plants demand- ing the easiest cultivation could fill the widest borders with a profusion of bloom . The difficulty was to restrain growth rather than to ...
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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