Victorian gardens: The art of beautifying suburban home grounds (1870)
Scott, Frank J. (Frank Jesup), 1828-1919 · [n.p.] D. Appleton & Co. · leaf 35
over smallgrounds is so rare that any approach to it is a pleasing novelty,and the opportunities to obtain such effects should be made themost of. The most lovely views the world can boast are narrowvalleys seen from adjacent hills. Figs. 7 and 8 are sections show-ing pleasing forms of surfaces… … at a, on the condition already named, that the ground i?i itsrear be still lower relatively. A cottage in the spirit of the Swissstyle, in such a locality, would be quite appropriate, or, indeed,any style in which the roof lines are both prominent and grace- AND GROUND SURFACES. 39 ful. It is…
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