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How to lay out a garden : intended as a general guide in choosing, forming, or improving an estate, (from a quarter of an acre to a hundred acres in extent) with reference to both design and execution (1860)

Kemp, Edward, 1817-1891 · New York : Wiley · leaf 124

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paint it much deeper than it actually is. And the full know-ledge of its precise limits will not dissipate the pleasure. VARIETY FROM UNDULATIONS. 87 Knolls, swells, or any trifling elevations, (fig. 31,) maybe advan-tageonsljr -elected for groups of trees ; as, by giving them thusa greater height,… … Kg, 32. the ground, (fig. 32,) should not be lost for such a purpose, whereits position happens to be suitable. The greatest charm about undulations of land lies in theirsoftness and freedom. The lines should all melt into eachother. Angularity, sharpness, orstraightness, will be unknownin them. In…

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