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... suggested . The History of Garden Art by Marie Luise Gothein is perhaps the most comprehensive of all the authorities available ; but the aim generally has been to select from the vast assemblage of facts only the most relevant ...
... suggested . The History of Garden Art by Marie Luise Gothein is perhaps the most comprehensive of all the authorities available ; but the aim generally has been to select from the vast assemblage of facts only the most relevant ...
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Herbert Newton Wethered. good growth of hair . The fruit of the walnut tree suggested the shape of the brain and was there- fore a remedy for mental complaints . Many other examples could be quoted . But not all plants happily were ...
Herbert Newton Wethered. good growth of hair . The fruit of the walnut tree suggested the shape of the brain and was there- fore a remedy for mental complaints . Many other examples could be quoted . But not all plants happily were ...
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... suggest that the Jekyll and Robinson school was actuated by an enthusiasm for everything Japanese . They traced their ... suggested not so much complete compositions in the manner of one cleverly composed picture as a series of delight ...
... suggest that the Jekyll and Robinson school was actuated by an enthusiasm for everything Japanese . They traced their ... suggested not so much complete compositions in the manner of one cleverly composed picture as a series of delight ...
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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