A Dissertation on Oriental GardeningW. Wilson, 1773 - 163 Seiten |
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... laid out by their owners , who are as eminently fkilled in Gardening , as in many other branches of polite knowledge ; the reft owe most of their excellence to nature , and are , upon the whole , very little improved by the ...
... laid out by their owners , who are as eminently fkilled in Gardening , as in many other branches of polite knowledge ; the reft owe most of their excellence to nature , and are , upon the whole , very little improved by the ...
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... laid down his hatchet to turn phyfician . In China , Garden- ing is a distinct profeffion , requiring an extenfive ftudy ; to the perfection of which few arrive . The Gardeners there , far from being either ignorant or illiterate , are ...
... laid down his hatchet to turn phyfician . In China , Garden- ing is a distinct profeffion , requiring an extenfive ftudy ; to the perfection of which few arrive . The Gardeners there , far from being either ignorant or illiterate , are ...
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... laid out with great regularity , and kept with great care : no plants are admitted that intercept the view of the buildings ; nor no lines but fuch as accompany the architecture properly , and contribute to the general good effect of ...
... laid out with great regularity , and kept with great care : no plants are admitted that intercept the view of the buildings ; nor no lines but fuch as accompany the architecture properly , and contribute to the general good effect of ...
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... laid out in a great number of close walks , colonades and paffages , turned with many intricate windings , fo as to confuse and lead the paflenger aftray ; being fometimes divided by thickets of underwood , inter- mixed with ftraggling ...
... laid out in a great number of close walks , colonades and paffages , turned with many intricate windings , fo as to confuse and lead the paflenger aftray ; being fometimes divided by thickets of underwood , inter- mixed with ftraggling ...
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... laid out in parterres of flowers ; amongst which are placed many rural feats , made of fine formed branches , varnished red to reprefent coral : but of- teneft their bottom is full of a clear running water , which falls in rills from ...
... laid out in parterres of flowers ; amongst which are placed many rural feats , made of fine formed branches , varnished red to reprefent coral : but of- teneft their bottom is full of a clear running water , which falls in rills from ...
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