Gardens of celebrities and celebrated gardens in and around London (1918)
Macgregor, Jessie · London, Hutchinson · leaf 214
of imperfect essays. He had a fine eye for proportion, and ftilly appreciated thefascination of vistas, and long perspectives Having banishedthe horrors of the topiary art, he knew how so to dispose ofhis masses of foliage—whether evergreen or deciduous—so thatin all the circling hours of the day,… … ^-i*- , -. -«v ■ CHISWIGK HOUSE tones of greens, and in dealing with trees that turn red andyellow in autumn. In the grounds at Chiswick there is a certain sedgy pool in thecentre of which is an obelisk—one of three in the gardens—and while its moss-grown base is reflected in the still water,…
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