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Identifier: americanhomr03newy (find matches)
Title: American homes and gardens
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York, Munn and Co
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
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Each Terrace Has its Flower Border of Hardy Blooming Plants natural, since the hillside de-scends almost abruptly im-mediately below the house,and if there be the effect ofa sunken garden it is onlybecause it has been placedon a slope. Direct relationship be-tween the house and the gar-den is effected by means oftwo terraces, each providedwith a central flight ofsteps. The upper terracewall is completely coveredwith vines; the lower is barein itself, but is partlyscreened by plants growingat its base. Beyond is theformal garden proper, avast rectangular space September. 1906 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 161
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Stately Trees Beyond the Northern Hedge Screen the Garden Wholly from Without bounded on two sides by a brick wall and on the third by ahedge. In the center of the formal garden is a sun-dial, ona low raised circular platform, in the midst of broad pathscrossing at right angles. And then flowers, flowers everywhere. And all, if youplease, hardy plants! For this is the great distinction of thegarden of Avonwood Court, that it is a garden of hardyflowers. The statisticians of the estate will inform you thatthere are upward of two hundred varieties of hardy plantswithin this garden. The information is of moment as ex-pressing the great variety of such plants available for decora-tive purposes. But as a matter of fact the mere number isa point of comparative insignificance. The real matter ofinterest is the beauty of the blooming, the skill in the ar-rangement, the utilization of the various kinds of plants,trees, shrubs and bushes. All these matters have been well developed here, for a t

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  • bookyear:1905
  • bookdecade:1900
  • bookcentury:1900
  • booksubject:Architecture__Domestic
  • booksubject:Landscape_gardening
  • bookpublisher:New_York__Munn_and_Co
  • bookcontributor:The_LuEsther_T_Mertz_Library__the_New_York_Botanical_Garden
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