e the true expression ofthe times, and reached its highest perfei when statelj houses and splendid estates inand demanded ceremonious living. The fashionwas to entertain much out ol doors, and thegarden was designed as a fitting backgnonly for the palace, the baronial hall or spa<villa, but for… … STEPS TREATED IX A FORMAL MANNER—VISTA ON THE ESTATE OF ROBERT S. BREWSTER, MT. KISCO, NEW YORK Designed l<\ Delano erAldricb; planted by Wadley ey Sm\ the proportion and unity, and some of the wonderfulold gardens of Italy, and later of France and Eng-land, still bear evidence of the finely…
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