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Gardens in the making (1914)

Godfrey, Walter Hindes, 1881- · [London] B. T. Batsford, ltd · leaf 38

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rovide it, in the end, with the happiest of itsinspirations. It is much better to be directed bythe conditions of the site, than to attempt to forcesome preconceived plan on a reluctant situation, andin drawing out the guiding lines it should be ourobject to find the simplest solution of the… … Fig. 4.—The Orangery, Coombe Warren. i6 GARDENS IN THE MAKING with existing conditions. To many people simplicityspells poverty, and harmony is nothing so beautifulas contrast. Hence come those paths that are curvedeternally until your eye longs for a straight line,feature crowded upon feature…

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