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  • Avenue
    provided an approach to a house, as shown in Charles Fraser’s painting of Golden Grove in South Carolina [Fig. 1]. It served as a public roadway suited to the
    89 KB (11,855 words) - 18:59, August 10, 2021
  • Charles Fraser
    Woodville, The Seat of R. Beresford, Esq., c. 1810. Charles Fraser, Golden Grove, The Seat of Mrs. Sommers—Stono, 1810. Martha R. Severens and Charles
    25 KB (3,329 words) - 18:47, August 17, 2021
  • View/Vista
    through a fine grove of ancient deciduous trees. The first view of the garden and ranges of glass structure, as we emerged from the grove, was truly magnificent
    80 KB (11,249 words) - 19:23, August 12, 2021
  • Bower
    Oxfordshire, England (1944: 114) “Rosamund’s bower was near where is now a little grove, about two hundred yards from the palace. The well is near where the bower
    29 KB (3,841 words) - 13:35, March 29, 2021
  • Bowling green
    field for bowls; and a recessed turfed area in the midst of a parterre or grove. In America before 1850, the term “bowling green” encompassed each of these
    31 KB (4,393 words) - 16:19, January 25, 2021
  • William Bartram
    Keywords: Alley, Avenue, Botanic garden, Bridge, Clump, Eminence, Green, Grove, Hothouse, Lake, Lawn, Meadow, Mound, Obelisk, Orangery, Picturesque, Plantation
    42 KB (5,973 words) - 20:00, September 8, 2021
  • Statue
    valued, and a place was found for them whether on the terrace or hidden in a grove. —Anne L. Helmreich Stiles, Ezra, 1754, describing Bush Hill, estate of Lt
    60 KB (7,896 words) - 19:37, August 12, 2021
  • Orangery
    described both a grove of orange trees and a structure in which citrus trees were cultivated. William Bartram used the term in 1791 to describe a grove of native
    26 KB (3,525 words) - 13:36, September 11, 2020
  • Gray’s Garden
    Eminence; Fence; Flower garden; Fountain; Gate/Gateway; Greenhouse; Grotto; Grove; Hermitage; Icehouse; Labyrinth; Mound; Orchard; Parterre; Piazza; Picturesque;
    48 KB (6,603 words) - 22:22, August 18, 2021
  • Parterre
    gravelled walk, bordered by dark foliaged orange trees, loaded with their golden fruit. Pomegranate, fig, and lemon trees, shrubs, plants and exotics of
    62 KB (8,610 words) - 10:50, April 6, 2021
  • Deborah Norris Logan
    Used Keywords: Alley, Avenue, Bed, Border, Fence, Gate/Gateway, Greenhouse, Grove, Hedge, Hothouse, Labyrinth, Parterre, Piazza, Plot/Plat, Seat, Square, Walk
    17 KB (2,359 words) - 14:22, September 21, 2021
  • Alexander Garden
    Date: April 15, 1791 Role: Naturalist Used Keywords: Arbor, Border, Canal, Grove, Lawn, Meadow, Parterre, Piazza, Picturesque, Pond, Prospect, Thicket, Walk
    50 KB (7,213 words) - 21:12, September 9, 2021
  • Humphry Marshall
    Marshall’s help in developing an American garden at his suburban London villa, Grove Hill (view text) [Fig. 2]. Like Fothergill, Lettsom provided Marshall with
    113 KB (16,648 words) - 19:41, September 21, 2021
  • Otranto (Charleston, SC)
    32° 58' 3.61" N, 80° 2' 23.68" W Condition: Demolished Keywords: Border; Grove; Lawn; Meadow; Piazza; Picturesque; Pond; Prospect; Walk Other Resources:
    28 KB (3,353 words) - 18:55, August 25, 2021
  • Mound
    plant on each mound 4. weeping willows on the top in a square 20 f. apart. Golden Willows in a circle round middle. 15. f. apart. Aspens in a circle round
    20 KB (2,747 words) - 13:08, March 16, 2021
  • Harmony Grove
    1814–1893; Location: London Grove Township, Chester County, PA Keywords: Arcade; Bed; Botanic garden; Bower; Fountain; Greenhouse; Grove; Lake; Lawn; Meadow;
    34 KB (4,382 words) - 20:25, August 19, 2021
  • Terrace/Slope
    rises from the midst of a stone tower, and is decorated on the top with a golden ball: and the back part of the ground is laid out in smaller walks, terraces
    72 KB (10,105 words) - 19:45, August 10, 2021
  • Elgin Botanic Garden
    finds himself translated to the heat of the tropics. Here he observes the golden pine, the sugar cane, the cinnamon, the ginger, the splendid strelitzia
    92 KB (13,119 words) - 22:42, August 16, 2021
  • Piazza
    the piazza of the dwelling,—the columns of which were festooned with the golden jasmine and luxuriant multiflora,—stood, in large green vases, a variety
    57 KB (7,617 words) - 13:34, April 1, 2021
  • Sunnyside
    63" W Condition: Altered Keywords: Bed; Clump; Copse; Fence; Gate/Gateway; Grove; Hedge; Hothouse; Kitchen garden; Lake; Landscape gardening; Lawn; Piazza;
    63 KB (8,985 words) - 19:09, August 30, 2021

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