Gardens, old and new; the country house & its garden environment (1900)
Leyland, John, 1857?-1924, ed, Tipping, H. Avray (Henry Avray), 1855-1933, ed, Country Life Limited · London, The Offices of "Country life illustrated": George Newnes, Ltd., New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 23
atly, and theFrench carried their houses, as it were, into their gardens, bybuilding dining and drawing rooms in tlie open air, withsalons, cabinets de verdure, and theatres amid the groves,where the masques of Moliere were many times enacted.It is obvious that in these garden structures the… … THE SOUTH WALK, HIGHNAM. that gardens should rise in level above level, which isexceeding beautifull to the eie, and very beneficiall to yourflowers and fruit trees, especially if such ascents have thebenefit of the sun rising upon them. The famous Palissy, thegreat French potter, who was also a…
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