Victorian gardens: The art of beautifying suburban home grounds (1870)
Scott, Frank J. (Frank Jesup), 1828-1919 · [n.p.] D. Appleton & Co. · leaf 29
t even of their calm pleasures in the country is greatly height-ened by frequent contrasts with city excitements, and by the com-pany of sympathetic minds, who enjoy what they enjoy. A philo-sophic Frenchman, who lived much alone, was once asked by alady if he did not find solitude very sweet. He… … CHAPTER V BUILDING SITES AND GROUND SURFACES. HAVING, in the chapter on Suburban Neighborhoodscompared with Country Places, suggested the mostdesirable proportions for suburban lots, we propose inthis to consider building sites with reference to theirtree-furniture, their natural surfaces, and the…
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