The Flowers and Gardens of JapanIT is safe to assert that no other country has such a distinctive form of landscape gardening as Japan. In English, French, Italian, and Dutch gardens, however original in their way, there are certain things they seem all to possess in common: terraces, which originally belonged to Italian gardens, were soon introduced into France; clipped trees, which were a distinctive feature of Dutch gardens, were copied by the English; the fashion of decorating gardens with flights of stone steps, balustrades, fountains, and statues at one time spread from Italy throughout Europe; and possibly the over-decoration of gardens led to a change in taste in England and a return to a more natural style. |
Contents
LANDSCAPE GARDENING | 1 |
PLUM BLOSSOM | 7 |
AZALEAS | 137 |
THE IRIS | 145 |
THE MORNING GLORY | 155 |
THE CHRYSANTHEMUM | 167 |
THE MAPLE LEAVES | 183 |
THE BAMBOO | 191 |
THE PINETREE | 201 |
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