Taylor, Harriet Osgood, Tyndale, Walter · New York : Dodd, Mead · leaf 173
pe. I add another quotation, from a quaint anddelightful book which has just come to me fromthe Kyoto Commercial Museum — the OfficialGuide :— The growth of the gardens shows theprosperity of Rakuyo, while their lack speaks ofher decline, observed a Chinese writer in speak-ing of the relation that… … D o § a <O OJ J a, S Is) 01 s Q at) m LANDSCAPE GARDENS 127 her fall indicates the decline of the country.The statement brings out the truth that garden-ing is the product of peaceful and luxuriouslife. Where an effect of Nature was the firstconsideration always, even the degenerationinto what…
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