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Japanese gardens (1912)

Taylor, Harriet Osgood, Tyndale, Walter · New York : Dodd, Mead · leaf 209

An illustration from Japanese gardens, 1912, leaf 209
wood or of stone, cross this dry bedof the lake to the islands, or are thrown over—as the children call it — the pretendingstream. Sometimes blackened stones are laidin the centre. When these are smooth, andreflect the light, the resemblance to water isvery striking. But this is an unworthy… … 2 D a s uu H < < iz WATER GARDENS 157 emphasis is laid on the well and the water-basin,and they, as the newspapers and the theatricalslang of America would put it, are featured.But in practically every garden this idea, of thelife-giving element must be found. Among the pictures in this book…

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