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Title: Gardens for small country houses
Identifier: cu31924002836231 (find matches)
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932; Weaver, Lawrence, Sir, 1876-
Subjects: Gardens, English
Publisher: London : Published at the offices of Country Life . .. and by George Newnes . .. ; New York : Charles Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
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Introduction. XIX. In the arrangement of any site the natural conditions of the place should first be studied. If they are emphatic, or in any way distinct, they should be carefully maintained and fostered. It is grievous to see, in a place that has some well-defined natural character, that character destroyed or stultified, for it is just that quality that is the most precious. Many a hillside site has been vulgarised by a conven- tionally commonplace treatment, when it presented infinite possibilities to both the formal and natural schools of design. Among the notable examples of little hillside gardens treated in formal fashion, none is more delightful than that of Owlpen Manor, Gloucestershire. Its plan and sections appear in Figs. v. and vi. A bird's-eye view (Fig. viii.) has been prepared to supplement the photographs, \\'hich in the nature of things cannot give a fair idea of the wealth of incident crowded into an area of little more than half an acre. Fig. vii. shows indeed with what modesty the house nestles against the hillside and seeks to hide itself amidst regiments of yews. Great skill has been shown in their planting, for they emphasise the drops between the succeeding levels of the terrace, even though they partly veil them. The great square yew parlour is an unusual feature, the outcome of very many years of growth and of patient tending.
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jjjQ, IV. HILLSIDE GARDEN .KT OWLPEN MANOR: VIEW FROM SOUTH-WEST FROM POINT C (see plan fig. V.)

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