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... kind of ragged sunflower in appearance , with a root that is still preserved in association with the Vin d'Aulné of the French . The Romans appear to have used it as a vegetable , the root being shorter than that of the parsnip but more ...
... kind of ragged sunflower in appearance , with a root that is still preserved in association with the Vin d'Aulné of the French . The Romans appear to have used it as a vegetable , the root being shorter than that of the parsnip but more ...
Page 90
... kind of sunk garden pro- tected by a wall and a sloping bank , with paths enclosed by cut evergreen bushes and curiously shaped box plants . Then comes a lawn , rather formal in character , and fields further on , and coppices . The ...
... kind of sunk garden pro- tected by a wall and a sloping bank , with paths enclosed by cut evergreen bushes and curiously shaped box plants . Then comes a lawn , rather formal in character , and fields further on , and coppices . The ...
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... kind of herb , germander , thyme , pinks , daisies , sweet williams and lilies of the valley - and neatly trimmed standard roses , bays , rosemaries and the like , pricked upon their top ' by way of giving point to these wild beds of ...
... kind of herb , germander , thyme , pinks , daisies , sweet williams and lilies of the valley - and neatly trimmed standard roses , bays , rosemaries and the like , pricked upon their top ' by way of giving point to these wild beds of ...
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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