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