. Robin Hood's barn; the confessions of a garden adventurer. Gardens. ^?klr-1^M'kxr. V: Friendly Spying' IN the formal days of the eighteenth century every visit to a garden was a personally con- ducted tour. There was no dropping in and pok- ing about in our intrusive modern fashion; no roving eye caught and drawn by some glad bit of color, no triumph of discovery. Perspectives in those days were solemn matters and permitted of no prying. Vistas repelled all unmannerly ad- vances and allowed no intimacies of approach. One was led with decorous steps from labyrinth [99]. Please note that these
. Robin Hood's barn; the confessions of a garden adventurer. Gardens. ^?klr-1^M'kxr. V: Friendly Spying' IN the formal days of the eighteenth century every visit to a garden was a personally con- ducted tour. There was no dropping in and pok- ing about in our intrusive modern fashion; no roving eye caught and drawn by some glad bit of color, no triumph of discovery. Perspectives in those days were solemn matters and permitted of no prying. Vistas repelled all unmannerly ad- vances and allowed no intimacies of approach. One was led with decorous steps from labyrinth [99]. 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 Bailey, Margaret Emerson. New York, George H. Doran company
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