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Page 89
... plantations of beech rising from turf close cropped by deer , avenues were either destroyed or " clumped " and groves and belts of trees accentu- ated the lie of the land and controlled the views and vistas with an apparently artless ...
... plantations of beech rising from turf close cropped by deer , avenues were either destroyed or " clumped " and groves and belts of trees accentu- ated the lie of the land and controlled the views and vistas with an apparently artless ...
Page 91
Ralph Dutton. through a thick plantation to the kitchen garden , which , with one side of an avenue , is all that ... plantations and groves , which are threaded by a connecting path , lie various architec- tural features : a circular ...
Ralph Dutton. through a thick plantation to the kitchen garden , which , with one side of an avenue , is all that ... plantations and groves , which are threaded by a connecting path , lie various architec- tural features : a circular ...
Page 117
... plantations of his lay - outs . One of the few surviving productions of the oriental fever is Chambers's Pagoda in ... plantation would remind the traveller of the Temple of Venus at Naples , the roof assuming the form of the Temple of ...
... plantations of his lay - outs . One of the few surviving productions of the oriental fever is Chambers's Pagoda in ... plantation would remind the traveller of the Temple of Venus at Naples , the roof assuming the form of the Temple of ...
Contents
THE SEARCH FOR SUSTENANCE | 9 |
THE AGE OF SYMMETRY | 31 |
THE RETURN TO NATURE | 69 |
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Abbey appears arbour arch art of gardening avenues beauty BEDFORDSHIRE beds BLENHEIM PALACE Bridgeman Brown building built canal Castle Howard Celia Fiennes Charles Chatsworth coloured considerable cultivation decorated domestic architecture early eighteenth century elaborate Elizabethan England English entrance example fashion feature fifteenth century flowers forecourt formal garden fountains garden design gate Gothic green grotto ground groves HALL Hampton Court hedges Henry herbs Hill Horace Walpole horticultural Humphrey Repton Inigo Jones Kent kitchen garden knots laid Lancelot Brown landscape large number later lay-out Lord monks Montacute natural Nonsuch NORTHAMPTONSHIRE orchard ornamental owners OXFORDSHIRE Palace Palladian parterre paths Pavilion pear perhaps period plantations plants practical reign remains Repton romantic rose SHOTOVER PARK side slopes space stone Stourhead Stowe Stuart sundial surrounded survived taste Temple terrace topiary tower Tudor turf Vanbrugh's vegetables walk walls Walpole wilderness William Wilton WILTON HOUSE WILTSHIRE wood WREST PARK