The art and practice of landscape gardening (1890)
Milner, Henry Ernest · London : Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent · leaf 178
menecessary to consider the artistic treatment of the surroundingland, and the fitting illustration of the grand mansion in itsposition. To that end I was asked in 1885 to report upon theimprovement of the grounds. I found that no view of the distantcountry could be obtained from any of the… … EXAMPLES OF WORK. 107 space was occupied by a dilapidated church and small houses ofunpleasant appearance, the nearer of which completely shut off allview of the beautiful water, and of the distant volcanic hills beyond.On the northern and southern sides the boundary was very near thePalace, but…
Landscape architecture
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