oneflower vases. These vases are said to be the work of GrinlingGibbons, and their heavy, florid style and debased ornament,better suited to wood than stone, is little in harmony with thechaste and restrained decoration, the severe and elegant archi-tecture of the Adam entrance-gate before referred… … SION : Looking touuini tlie River Tiiaiiics Page no SION the beauty of the glossy dark leaves of camellias out of bloom,of orange trees, tall palms, and ferns. Conservatories, whatevertheir architectural dignity—and those at Sion have much—demandcolour ; to obtain which, at all seasons, is surely…
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