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 52
off and relieved by box and yewhedges, cut and trained in quaint fashion, and by finecypresses and rare conifers. About the year 1630 this noble-man was actively engaged in improving his estates and layingout the grounds. He succeeded to the title in 1611, and diedin 1662. Douglas, in his Peerage… … THE PLANNED GAPCEN FROM THE TERRACE. passion and zeal for a cause forlorn—though modern inlluenceshave threatened it, it still remains steadfast to the characterof its seventeenth century origin, and still maintains thetraditions of that age unmarred, with m;my an addition to itsbeauties, but not…
Gardens
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