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Herbert Newton Wethered. A CHAPTER III THE LAND OF THE NILE S opposed to the paradise which affects a version of unadorned scenery , the formal garden made its appearance in Egypt cen- turies before it became established ... LAND OF THE NILE.
Herbert Newton Wethered. A CHAPTER III THE LAND OF THE NILE S opposed to the paradise which affects a version of unadorned scenery , the formal garden made its appearance in Egypt cen- turies before it became established ... LAND OF THE NILE.
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... Land of Promise ' flowing with milk and honey , a land of hills and valleys that drinketh of the rain of heaven ' -a prospect to be welcomed after the tedium of four centuries of bondage . Egypt on the other hand was the land ' where ...
... Land of Promise ' flowing with milk and honey , a land of hills and valleys that drinketh of the rain of heaven ' -a prospect to be welcomed after the tedium of four centuries of bondage . Egypt on the other hand was the land ' where ...
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... land lies charmingly . Imagine a kind of vast amphi- theatre , a broad spreading plain amongst mountains crowned with lofty and venerable forests . On the lower level are woods containing excellent timber . These follow the down- ward ...
... land lies charmingly . Imagine a kind of vast amphi- theatre , a broad spreading plain amongst mountains crowned with lofty and venerable forests . On the lower level are woods containing excellent timber . These follow the down- ward ...
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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