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A history of gardening in England

Cecil, Evelyn · 1896 · 51 pictures

A History of Gardening in England, written by Evelyn Cecil and published in 1896, is a general history of English gardens drawn from the Heidelberg University Library copy. The pictures are monochrome engravings of country houses, their grounds, and wrought-iron garden gates, with the rotated plates showing how old estate views were reproduced; a designer might take from them the formal layouts of clipped yew, gravel walks, and ornate ironwork as period garden motifs.

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