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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... piece of wood composed of chesnuts or other impenetrable foliage . On this subject the writer can only say that he would not willingly do it , thinking that an entrance should . be as cheerful as possible , which a long grove can never ...
... piece of wood composed of chesnuts or other impenetrable foliage . On this subject the writer can only say that he would not willingly do it , thinking that an entrance should . be as cheerful as possible , which a long grove can never ...
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... piece of timber on the ground which would form even the nucleus of an extensive plantation , its situation with respect to the house should be well considered . A house should not be nearer to a wood than fifty yards , but may be within ...
... piece of timber on the ground which would form even the nucleus of an extensive plantation , its situation with respect to the house should be well considered . A house should not be nearer to a wood than fifty yards , but may be within ...
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... piece of ornament ; 300l . is not an uncommon price . They are made in terra - cotta as well as in stone . See figs . 133 , 134. Many excellent judges of the subject have held that no style of Gothic earlier than the Tudor is fit for ...
... piece of ornament ; 300l . is not an uncommon price . They are made in terra - cotta as well as in stone . See figs . 133 , 134. Many excellent judges of the subject have held that no style of Gothic earlier than the Tudor is fit for ...
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... piece of the corner of the lower cornice of which , weighing upwards of 2 cwt . , fell not long ago . The Grecian style is little used at present , though there seems no reason , excepting that it has gone out of fashion - a fact the ...
... piece of the corner of the lower cornice of which , weighing upwards of 2 cwt . , fell not long ago . The Grecian style is little used at present , though there seems no reason , excepting that it has gone out of fashion - a fact the ...
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... piece in front of the balustrade as at A. A FIG . 29 . It is true the earth has the advantage of being sure to remain attached to the wall , while in fig . 27 it is sure to slip in a most unseemly manner . See fig . 29 . The slope ...
... piece in front of the balustrade as at A. A FIG . 29 . It is true the earth has the advantage of being sure to remain attached to the wall , while in fig . 27 it is sure to slip in a most unseemly manner . See fig . 29 . The slope ...
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