. Gardens for small country houses. Gardens. Water in the Formal Garde?!. 169 garden. In such a case it is good to make a virtue of a necessity and use the well as an opportunity for an interesting architectural feature. In Fig. 239 is shown a well and pump-house at Pitsford, which Mr. Morley Horder has treated attractively. The roof space serves as a pigeon-cote. It is hoped that this chapter may give a stimulus to the use of water in the formal garden. Its employment as a decorative element fell into great neglect during the Victorian period, and is even now imperfectly understood. It is tru
. Gardens for small country houses. Gardens. Water in the Formal Garde?!. 169 garden. In such a case it is good to make a virtue of a necessity and use the well as an opportunity for an interesting architectural feature. In Fig. 239 is shown a well and pump-house at Pitsford, which Mr. Morley Horder has treated attractively. The roof space serves as a pigeon-cote. It is hoped that this chapter may give a stimulus to the use of water in the formal garden. Its employment as a decorative element fell into great neglect during the Victorian period, and is even now imperfectly understood. It is true that it took an important place in some of the big gardens which owed their design to such men. F'lG. 23S.— AT SUTTON 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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