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Page 91
... space surrounded by plane trees covered with ivy , so that the tops of them are green with their own leaves and the lower portion green with the leaves of the ivy which creeps over the trunks and branches to form a perfect screen . Box ...
... space surrounded by plane trees covered with ivy , so that the tops of them are green with their own leaves and the lower portion green with the leaves of the ivy which creeps over the trunks and branches to form a perfect screen . Box ...
Page 133
... space of buildings . Nicolette when separ- ated from Aucassin was shut up in a room with a window looking on a garden strict and close ' : Nicolette is prisoned fast , In a vaulted chamber cast , Shaped and carven wondrous well ...
... space of buildings . Nicolette when separ- ated from Aucassin was shut up in a room with a window looking on a garden strict and close ' : Nicolette is prisoned fast , In a vaulted chamber cast , Shaped and carven wondrous well ...
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... spaces laid out in the intervals between the roads and dwellings and treated in a blame- less monotony to suit an ... space and opportunities for pleasure . The interests of the community are at any rate served , even if it means that ...
... spaces laid out in the intervals between the roads and dwellings and treated in a blame- less monotony to suit an ... space and opportunities for pleasure . The interests of the community are at any rate served , even if it means that ...
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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