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Page 90
... trees cut , topiary fashion , into the shapes of animals facing one another . On the more level ground is a kind of sunk garden pro- tected by a wall and a sloping bank , with paths enclosed by cut evergreen bushes and curiously shaped ...
... trees cut , topiary fashion , into the shapes of animals facing one another . On the more level ground is a kind of sunk garden pro- tected by a wall and a sloping bank , with paths enclosed by cut evergreen bushes and curiously shaped ...
Page 104
... trees , lemon - trees , orange - trees , palms , clove - trees , cocoa- nut palms , and cinnamon bushes , which were arranged in avenues into which the sun's rays could not penetrate . The waters of the Euphrates , pumped through a ...
... trees , lemon - trees , orange - trees , palms , clove - trees , cocoa- nut palms , and cinnamon bushes , which were arranged in avenues into which the sun's rays could not penetrate . The waters of the Euphrates , pumped through a ...
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... trees stand at intervals along the walks to set them off to greater advantage with some flowers , thinly and sparsely , ' lest they deceive the trees ' . Mounds again are constructed at the further ends to give a view over the fields ...
... trees stand at intervals along the walks to set them off to greater advantage with some flowers , thinly and sparsely , ' lest they deceive the trees ' . Mounds again are constructed at the further ends to give a view over the fields ...
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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