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Landscape designs will be considered in the context of the times and societies in which they were created. Illustrated history of landscape design takes an optical sweep of the. This sumptuously illustrated book expands the definition of landscaping from the usual suspectsversailles, tivoli, and central parkto. Elizabeth barlow rogers, former administrator of new york citys central park the forests and wetlands of new york city, begins landscape design.
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