American country houses of to-day; an illustrated account of some excellent houses built and gardens planted during the last few years, showing unmistakable influence of the modern trend in ideals architectural (1915)
Howe, Samuel, 1854- · New York Architectural Book Pub. Co. P. Wenzel and M. Krakow · leaf 400
CENE A SPIRIT OF LIFEIt is not onlv beautiful bv virtue of its own subtle movement but for the interest it adds. (See page 401) 376 CHAPTKK 11 AVATEK AS A DECORATIVE AGEXJ Cascades in the ruck- yordcii of Mr. John I). liockvfcUcr on Pocantico Hills,iV. Y.—The fountain scheme on the estate of Mr.… … T *HE soul of an Oriental garden is a fountain.The garden may be but a yard with a decrej)idold stump of a tree and a rose busl) or two;the fountain may be a mere pool, a few inches deep,a few feet across, a bowl hidden in the ground. Still,to tlie dreamer, to the idealist, it is a priceless…
Architecture, Domestic · Landscape gardening
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