Victorian gardens: The art of beautifying suburban home grounds (1870)
Scott, Frank J. (Frank Jesup), 1828-1919 · [n.p.] D. Appleton & Co. · leaf 55
rming for village-lot en-trances, though less expressive of solidity and homeliness thanstone. Even for an iron fence, the contrast between the low mas-siveness of well-designed stone gateways, and the lightness of ironwork, is quite pleasing. And if these stone posts are used onlyfor gateways (and… … Fig. 13. charming architectural combinations for gateways, but it will not do on a placewhich has not otherwise a highly architect-ural character, to make it up on the gate-way. On places where solid constructive dec-orations cannot be afforded, we advise theuse of topiary work, by which is meant…
