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GARDENS IN THE MAKING 



FIG. 36. Circular Steps, Dalingridge Place. 



which were as far away from natural beauty as the 

 most conventional of architectural features, and 

 they were composed of materials which refused to 

 surrender themselves to the action of wind and 

 weather. As we have said before, the forms should 

 be simple, decorous, and well-defined, for only by 

 the careful choice of a material and surface which 

 will not withstand the hand of time may we hope 

 to modify their artificiality and allow Nature to 

 effect her conquest. 



