European and Japanese gardens; papers read before the American Institute of Architects .. (1902)
Brown, Glenn, 1854-1932, Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926, Sturgis, R. Clipston (Richard Clipston), 1860-1951, Howard, John Galen, 1864-1931, Honda, Kinkichiro, 1850-1921 · Philadelphia, H.T. Coates & Co. · leaf 59
gardens are so delightful and restful aresort. Closely cropped grass is used only as an accessory featurein the Italian formal gardens. The lawn, for its own sake,rarely figures in the Italian designs except in those large, pub-lic parks, which, like the Giardino Pincio and the Borghesegardens at… … European and Japanese Gardens Boboli at Florence, belonging to the Pitti Palace, and theBorghese at Rome. These were terraced to afford an arenaand open-air seating for athletic sports and mummeries in theolden time, and may not always have been covered with grass,but they are very beautiful in…
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