Charles Eliot, landscape architect, a lover of nature and of his kind, who trained himself for a new profession, practised it happily and through it wrought much good (1902)
re in view. Then I prowled some more, finding lovelyslopes and swells, very large Oaks, Beeches, Ashes, andCedars, occasional thickets of Bracken, and many deer. Iswung round past a cottage or two, seeing Roses in profusionand Pansies used as edging along the path through a potatopatch, — standard… … into the park again; and before long found myself close tothe castle with its dry moats, high-walled courts, cornertowers, and iron gates, and a large towered mass of mainbuilding. I retreated to a respectful distance; and then tooka bee-line back to Starcross, through the park most of theway. The…
Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926 · Landscape architecture
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