...walks of all old Italian gardens. The plan of the Gamberaia has been described thus in detail because it combines in an astonishingly small space, yet without...and, finally, breadth and simplicity of composition. Here, also, may be noted in its fullest expression that principle of old gardening which the modern...

...walks of all old Italian gardens. The plan of the Gamberaia has been described thus in detail because it combines in an astonishingly small space, yet without...and, finally, breadth and simplicity of composition. Here, also, may be noted in its fullest expression that principle of old gardening which the modern...

...sacrificed for the sake of a public approach to the house. Such, then, are the typical excellencies of the old Italian garden: free circulation of sunlight...and, finally, breadth and simplicity of composition. Utility is at the foundation, but an artistic race can never content itself with mere utility, and...

...space. yet without the least sense of overcrowding. almost every typical excellence of the old ltalian garden: free circulation of sunlight and air about...access to dense shade: sheltered walks with different poins of view: variety of effect produced by the 251 skilful use of different levels: and. finally....

...Gamberaia in Italy would have been just such a clever gardener, for, as Edith Wharton describes it, ... it combines in an astonishingly small space, yet without...points of view; variety of effect produced by the skillful use of different levels; and finally, breadth and simplicity of composition.7 Even more telling...