Garden Architecture and Landscape Gardening: Illustrating the Architectural Embellishment of Gardens, with Remarks on Landscape Gardening in Its Relation to ArchitectureLongmans, Green, and Company, 1866 - 179 páginas |
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... containing some architectural object , a basin , vase , terminal figure , or even a small fernery , for which its shady situation renders it well adapted . It is of sufficient breadth to allow two persons to walk very conveniently , and ...
... containing some architectural object , a basin , vase , terminal figure , or even a small fernery , for which its shady situation renders it well adapted . It is of sufficient breadth to allow two persons to walk very conveniently , and ...
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... contain . It should be allowed to grow but slowly for many years , not more than six inches each year ; it will then grow close and firm . A tall yew hedge is sometimes unsightly , because by the time . that the hedge has attained any ...
... contain . It should be allowed to grow but slowly for many years , not more than six inches each year ; it will then grow close and firm . A tall yew hedge is sometimes unsightly , because by the time . that the hedge has attained any ...
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... contain a fireplace and cupboards , and , in short , be so fitted as to serve on occasion for the scene of a luncheon or tea - drinking . There is a great charm in an improvised mezzo al fresco entertainment , the ladies possibly taking ...
... contain a fireplace and cupboards , and , in short , be so fitted as to serve on occasion for the scene of a luncheon or tea - drinking . There is a great charm in an improvised mezzo al fresco entertainment , the ladies possibly taking ...
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... contain nothing particularly new to the profession . CONCLUDING REMARKS . That this work does not do justice to the subject the writer is aware , but it contains as much as he thinks he can say with advantage ; not that the sub- jects ...
... contain nothing particularly new to the profession . CONCLUDING REMARKS . That this work does not do justice to the subject the writer is aware , but it contains as much as he thinks he can say with advantage ; not that the sub- jects ...
Página 179
... containing little else than possibly , perhaps , pro- bably , and in some cases , & c . , which could be of benefit to anyone seeking guidance . By the profession he earnestly hopes this little work will be kindly received , and by ...
... containing little else than possibly , perhaps , pro- bably , and in some cases , & c . , which could be of benefit to anyone seeking guidance . By the profession he earnestly hopes this little work will be kindly received , and by ...
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