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... garden of Dawney Court in Surrey , where the pine - pits existed until a few years ago . Rose's con- tinental training undoubtedly increased the French influence on garden design in this country , but there were also a certain number of ...
... garden of Dawney Court in Surrey , where the pine - pits existed until a few years ago . Rose's con- tinental training undoubtedly increased the French influence on garden design in this country , but there were also a certain number of ...
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... garden design , which are included in Vol . 3 of Iconographia Rustica . Quoting The Spectator , he agrees " that a little regularity is to be recom- mended near the main building , " but considers that , since variety is the essence of ...
... garden design , which are included in Vol . 3 of Iconographia Rustica . Quoting The Spectator , he agrees " that a little regularity is to be recom- mended near the main building , " but considers that , since variety is the essence of ...
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... design or lay - out of the garden . In the first part of his New Improvements in Planting and Gardening , however , he includes a chapter on " a new Invention , whereby more Designs of Garden Plats may be made in an Hour , than can be ...
... design or lay - out of the garden . In the first part of his New Improvements in Planting and Gardening , however , he includes a chapter on " a new Invention , whereby more Designs of Garden Plats may be made in an Hour , than can be ...
Contents
THE SEARCH FOR SUSTENANCE | 9 |
THE AGE OF SYMMETRY | 31 |
THE RETURN TO NATURE | 69 |
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