. Gardens for small country houses. Gardens. FIG. 2gO.—AT WITTERSHAM HOUSE. was my happy chance to have entrance into a goodly gardene plotte," he unfortunately did not say what manner of gate let him in, but we may imagine it was at the end of a long alley such as the Elizabethans loved. In the planning of gardens the gates of walled enclosures can often be placed on axial lines, so that the full value of a vista may be secured. The gateways illustrated in Fig. 284 show this well. Walled gardens are especially favourable to. FIG. 2qi.—AT GREAT MAYTHAM : MAIN GATE TO WALLED Pleas


. Gardens for small country houses. Gardens. FIG. 2gO.—AT WITTERSHAM HOUSE. was my happy chance to have entrance into a goodly gardene plotte," he unfortunately did not say what manner of gate let him in, but we may imagine it was at the end of a long alley such as the Elizabethans loved. In the planning of gardens the gates of walled enclosures can often be placed on axial lines, so that the full value of a vista may be secured. The gateways illustrated in Fig. 284 show this well. Walled gardens are especially favourable to. FIG. 2qi.—AT GREAT MAYTHAM : MAIN GATE TO WALLED Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932; Weaver, Lawrence, Sir, 1876-. London, Country Life [etc. ]; New York, C. Scribner's Sons


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