. Lutyens houses and gardens . wa H h o Q wa H«O w aH H«5 W 0 7) o■J W Qj * o Q H H OH Q a HO O z 3oo I . «*H «.d 90 Latyens Houses and Gardens feet from the old terrace to the rose garden, itself standingeight feet above the long water-terrace directly below, whichis reached by a double flight of steps at the side. Thesetwo east and west water-gardens are identical in plan, andeach begins with a little walled enclosure, on the south sideof which the walls ramp down and leave the centre open(Fig. 64). The north end of each has a water-jet playing. End of Orangery. Water Gardens and a Great Pla
. Lutyens houses and gardens . wa H h o Q wa H«O w aH H«5 W 0 7) o■J W Qj * o Q H H OH Q a HO O z 3oo I . «*H «.d 90 Latyens Houses and Gardens feet from the old terrace to the rose garden, itself standingeight feet above the long water-terrace directly below, whichis reached by a double flight of steps at the side. Thesetwo east and west water-gardens are identical in plan, andeach begins with a little walled enclosure, on the south sideof which the walls ramp down and leave the centre open(Fig. 64). The north end of each has a water-jet playing. End of Orangery. Water Gardens and a Great Plat 91 from the keystone of an arch into a round pool overflows of the pools are carried down the centresof the water-gardens for one hundred and forty feetin canals (Fig. 62) filled with water plants, edged withpaving-stones and ending in oblong tanks abutting on tothe pergola which runs from end to end of the southernboundary of this garden. The water-gardens are the protecting bulwarks of thegreat plat—a square of one hundred and twenty-fivefeet—-which is reached from each end of either terraceby a stairway. The division of the great plat by strongdiagonal lines, which yield triangular spaces occupiedby beds and paving, is a notable feature of the it lessens the space dedicated to plants, it makesthe planting far more effective by grouping it into foursections well separated by restful stretches of , the introduction of narrow paved ways, edgingthe beds and shaping the grass plots, emphasizes thegeom
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