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20 History of Garden Art
on pretty pillars with Herms, but there are very few real statues. The beds are always
laid out geometrically, and often have small trees at the corners or in the middle, and
borders of stone or box. Frequently the whole garden is enclosed with galleries. This
sort of parterre is not as a rule next to the house, which usually has a lawn by it, meant
FIG. 367. THE GARDEN IN APRIL) FROM AN EMBOSSED PLAQUE
for a playground. There is not much water, and this is generally treated as a fountain in the
middle, never as a canal unless that is just a large basin—the sort so commonly found in
French gardens of the same date.
If we compare the drawings of de Vries with gardens that were really carried out at
this time, such as the Kielmann gardens at Vienna (Fig. 371), the relationship is easy
to see. This important place, in spite of its coherence in general plan, is divided up into
a whole series of separate gardens, each dominated by a summer-house with which
on pretty pillars with Herms, but there are very few real statues. The beds are always
laid out geometrically, and often have small trees at the corners or in the middle, and
borders of stone or box. Frequently the whole garden is enclosed with galleries. This
sort of parterre is not as a rule next to the house, which usually has a lawn by it, meant
FIG. 367. THE GARDEN IN APRIL) FROM AN EMBOSSED PLAQUE
for a playground. There is not much water, and this is generally treated as a fountain in the
middle, never as a canal unless that is just a large basin—the sort so commonly found in
French gardens of the same date.
If we compare the drawings of de Vries with gardens that were really carried out at
this time, such as the Kielmann gardens at Vienna (Fig. 371), the relationship is easy
to see. This important place, in spite of its coherence in general plan, is divided up into
a whole series of separate gardens, each dominated by a summer-house with which