Victorian gardens: The art of beautifying suburban home grounds (1870)
Scott, Frank J. (Frank Jesup), 1828-1919 · [n.p.] D. Appleton & Co. · leaf 252
ants increasing in size towards the vase, none ofwhich, however, should be higher than the top of the vase. Therear bed should be filled in a similar manner, and being furtherfrom the walk, may be occupied with showy plants of coarserfoliage than the front beds. By an error in the drawing the… … Fig. 48 is a circular series of eight bedsformed on an octagonal plan, with a largevase for flowers in the centre, a width of fourfeet in lawn around the vase, and the beds,five feet in length, radiating as shown. Theplan is suitable for an open space, to giveinterest to a window view, or to face…
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