The parks and gardens of Paris, considered in relation to the wants of other cities and of the public and private gardens; being notes on a study of Paris gardens (1878)
Robinson, W. (William), 1838-1935 · London, Macmillan · leaf 119
encemainly of its wide straight walks, it owes none of this stiffnessto elaborate geometrical display of beds, or to coloured gravelsand the like. Vegetation, as in any Italian garden which pro-duces a good impression, predominates and relieves the effect ofthe statuary or stonework introduced.… … Vicious mode of Trec-plantitig. Chap. V.] I IK TriLKlMKS (iAKDENS. 87 Cannas, lioses, HoneysuckkS, and herbaceous plants. In antumnthey are planted with flowers which bloom in early spring, andblossom on till about the time of Lilac-bloom, when the summerplants replace them. The practice of…
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