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 122
ciently appreciated to be thought worth delineating onthe ground. In French gardens of this type it is unusual to have anyregular or formal set of beds, and this is a great improvement.One half the miserable formalities existing in our gardens arisefrom the presence of a series of formal figures,… … 90 ■IlIK IAHKS AND CAPiDENS OF PATUS. [(II. If one desires to place some favourite plant in one of these beds,the chances are that it must not be done for fear of violating the unity of character -which the whole should, we are told, possess.A beautiful garden may be made without a set of formal…
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