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" Few characteristics of a garden contribute more to render it agreeable than snugness and seclusion. They serve to make it appear peculiarly one's own, converting it into a kind of sanctum. A place that has neither of these qualities might almost as well... "
How to Lay Out a Garden: Intended as a General Guide in Choosing, Forming ... - Page 49
by Edward Kemp - 1858 - 403 pages
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The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste, Volume 4; Volume 9

Country life - 1854 - 652 pages
...Few characteristics of a garden contribute more to render it agreeable than invgne.it and Kclution. They serve to make it appear peculiarly one's own,...is a luxury to walk, sit, or recline at ease, on a summor's day, and drink in the sights, and sounds, and perfumes, peculiar to a garden, without fear...
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The Anglo-American Magazine, Volume 5

Food - 1854 - 676 pages
...kind of sanctum. A place that has neither of these qualities, might almost as well be public properly. Those who love their garden, often want to walk. work,...the various changes and developments of Nature, in i: ; and to do so unobserved. All that attaches us lo u garden, and rendéis it a delightful and chriished...
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Landscape Gardening: How to Lay Out a Garden

Edward Kemp - Landscape architecture - 1911 - 386 pages
...various low lean-to sheds, that may happen to be needed in either of these yards. 5. Seclusion. — Few characteristics of a garden contribute more to...renders it a delightful and cherished object, seems marred if it has no privacy. It is a luxury to walk, sit, or recline at ease, on a summer's day, and...
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