Victorian gardens: The art of beautifying suburban home grounds (1870)
Scott, Frank J. (Frank Jesup), 1828-1919 · [n.p.] D. Appleton & Co. · leaf 37
d considerably above the lot surface.Instead of filling the lot to the street level, it should be treated ashere shown; and there is no question that the house is not cnlybetter, but the ground improvement is far more pleasing than itcould have been made on a level with the street. 40 BUILDING… … possession of more varied surfaces. Most of the designs whichfollow will be for such places, as they can be planned with morecertainty of being useful to a great number of persons. Variedsurfaces require such thorough knowledge of each peculiarity ofthe ground, the drainage required, the difference…
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