European and Japanese gardens; papers read before the American Institute of Architects (1902)
Brown, Glenn, 1854-1932, Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926, Sturgis, R. Clipston (Richard Clipston), 1860-1951, Howard, John Galen, 1864-1931, Honda, K · Philadelphia, H. T. Coates · leaf 54
asting in tiiepurple darkness of its evergreen foliage with the lighter andgayer colors of the bright, sun-bathed architecture and gardenwalls. These trees furnish shade, coolness and repose, andin the older gardens they are sometimes of enormous size.Secondly, they are used to form a\enues where… … THE TREATMENT OF TREES IS CHARACTERISTICAvenue of the Villa Borghese Rome formality, flatness or brilliancy of the parterres, gravel walks,and marble pavements. The trees most in use are the stonepine, poplar and cypress, for the more massive eftects ; palmtrees occasionally for isolated points of…
Gardens
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