House & garden's book of gardens; containing over four hundred illustrations of special flower types, plans and suggestions for landscape work, a complete gardener's calendar of the year's activities, planting and spraying tables, and a portfolio of beautiful gardens in varied sections of the United States and foreign countries (1921)
Wright, Richardson Little, 1887-1961 · New York, C. Nast & Company · leaf 43
It is difficult toimagine thatthese secludedsteps have notbeen there sincethe beginning oftime. The gardenis an accomplish-ment in the nenschool of land-scaping — thenaturalistic … .Aptly e n o u g hthis garden iscalled TheOasis. Theplanting is so ar-ranged that thesurrounding cityis completelyhidden and itsnoises lost in thetransplantedwoodlandgrowth Flowers areplanted aroundthe pools, givingan enrichment ofcolor. Many ofthe shrubs arcalso floweringtypes and thegarden lacks…
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