American estates and gardens . e artist can redeem the most barrenlandscape, as Le Notre and his associates showed at Versailles,and as has been shown many a time again where barren spots have been made to bloom with undying beauty of nature and art. But Mr. Gould was fortunate enough to have as his architect a man of profoundly keen artistic temperament, who saw a magnificent opportunity in the creation of this garden, and who rose to the full limit of his opportunity. Thus, under Mr. Prices guidance, and with an enthusiasm that was almost limitless, the grounds around the Gould house were tr
American estates and gardens . e artist can redeem the most barrenlandscape, as Le Notre and his associates showed at Versailles,and as has been shown many a time again where barren spots have been made to bloom with undying beauty of nature and art. But Mr. Gould was fortunate enough to have as his architect a man of profoundly keen artistic temperament, who saw a magnificent opportunity in the creation of this garden, and who rose to the full limit of his opportunity. Thus, under Mr. Prices guidance, and with an enthusiasm that was almost limitless, the grounds around the Gould house were trans-formed, embellished, adorned, and glorified. It is neither necessary nor helpful to compare this garden with any other; it is sufficient that it is fine and distinctive, and these two words sum up about the utmost limit of praise of any work of Prices perception of proportion and fitness was seldom better illustrated than here. His task was to create a garden, and he did that and A MARBLE SEAT. A GROUP OF [279]
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