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The country house; a practical manual of the planning and construction of the American country home and its surroundings (1905)

Hooper, Charles Edward, 1867- · New York : Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 299

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Often it results inpractically the savingof the whole scheme.The trouble withthe ordinary land-scape architect is thathis understanding ofarchitecture is so com-paratively limited thathis accessories areusually far from satis-factory. Thus, inhis attempt to solvethe complete layoutwhich should… … Gardens and Their Accessories 275 buildings to be considered, he is handicapped at the start. While on the otherhand, he of the architectural profession who plunges blindly into the numerouspitfalls of gardening will make even a worse botch of it, if the thing be possible. In the old exam-ples the…

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