This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...want of the fair rivers, yet better a great deal by the lack of so unhappy a tree. Argument most certain of a right noble mind, that in this sort could have thus all contrived." The gardens at Levens give perhaps the best idea of Elizabethan planting, while at Bramshill and Montacute are good examples of the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...want of the fair rivers, yet better a great deal by the lack of so unhappy a tree. Argument most certain of a right noble mind, that in this sort could have thus all contrived." The gardens at Levens give perhaps the best idea of Elizabethan planting, while at Bramshill and Montacute are good examples of the architectural features of this period. There are many similar places in all parts of England and Scotland. CHAPTER VI GARDENS OF THE STUARTS N the days of the Stuarts the Eliza-seventeenth century de bethan gardens underwent certain modi-veiopments. fixations according to the predominance of French, Italian, or Dutch fashions. In architecture classic traditions prevailed, but in garden design suggestions were less welcomed from the ancient Greeks and Romans than from contemporary horticulturists. Evelyn, a great authority on gardens at the height of this period, considered the writings of Tusser, Markham, Hartlib, and Walter Blith, with the "Philosophical Transactions," "The Maison Rustique," and other books of a similar description, as filled with much more valuable information than could be found in Cato, Varro, Columella, Palladio, or the Greek Geoponics. He also thought that in floriculture, the gardeners of his day were far ahead of the ancients, and that the number of plants then known was infinitely greater than ever in the past. 167 Changes at this period were introduced gradually. Garden architecture altered, like the rest of domestic architecture, from the Elizabethan to the later styles without any abrupt transition. The tendency was to give additional breadth to the gravel walks and minor importance to the flower-beds, producing a feeling of space which may be attributed to French influence. Beautiful wrought-iron ga...
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