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... unaccountable phenomenon accidentally thrust in between the classical and modern periods of civilization and ending suddenly , and more or less unaccountably , at the period of the Reformation . The society of 130 A SHORT HISTORY OF ...
... unaccountable phenomenon accidentally thrust in between the classical and modern periods of civilization and ending suddenly , and more or less unaccountably , at the period of the Reformation . The society of 130 A SHORT HISTORY OF ...
Page 131
... periods in the history of gardening broadly divide it . The period before the Crusades was mainly monastic and ascetic in char- acter ; the period following the Crusades was one in which the influence of the East was very markedly felt ...
... periods in the history of gardening broadly divide it . The period before the Crusades was mainly monastic and ascetic in char- acter ; the period following the Crusades was one in which the influence of the East was very markedly felt ...
Page 179
... period might be given , especi- ally from A most briefe and pleasant treatise showing how to dress sowe and set a garden , by Thomas Hyll , that appeared in 1563 . Here we find recommended a quickset hedge to enclose a 179 HAMPTON COURT ...
... period might be given , especi- ally from A most briefe and pleasant treatise showing how to dress sowe and set a garden , by Thomas Hyll , that appeared in 1563 . Here we find recommended a quickset hedge to enclose a 179 HAMPTON COURT ...
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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