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 235
true poem in stone.I he garden architect has worked well, and with force andcharacter that are not t > he gainsaid. Look again at the courtof the sundial, with the lofty ball-crowned piers, flanking thesegmental stairway to the balustraded terrace walk, and anideal garden seat. Then, once mi re,… … THE EAST COURT. motto and adornment. All is good and beautiful—a placewhere the green turf is the friendly neighbour of the radiantflower-bed, and where tree and shrub are chosen for somespecific end and aim. There are lessons in such a place, of course, which willsuggest themselves to the re…
Gardens
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