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Italian gardens (1907)

Elgood, George Samuel, 1851- · London, New York, Bombay & Calcutta : Longmans, Green and Co. · leaf 116

An illustration from Italian gardens, 1907, leaf 116
ater-stained and mossy, the colour is as satisfactory as theform, and only requires the ever-varying reflections to make a mostexquisite tout ensemble. All around are beds planted with good old-fashioned and harmoniousflowers. No begonias, cannas, lobelia cardinalis, or other atrocities, withtheir… … every tint—the dear old China-rose, pink and crimson, having its dueplace. When first laid out, this truly delightful garden was divided into fourrectangular plots, which were further subdivided into beds of fairlysimple pattern, edged with box or myrtle, among which the arms of thefamily occupy a…

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