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Definition of Parterres
1. parterre [n] - See also: parterre
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parterres
Literary usage of Parterres
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gardening for Ladies: And Companion to the Flower-garden by Loudon (Jane), Andrew Jackson Downing (1843)
"In these parterres flowers and shrubs were altogether secondary objects, ...
The French divided their parterres into three kinds: parterres of embroidery, ..."
2. A Treatise on Forming, Improving, and Managing Country Residences: And on by John Claudius Loudon (1806)
"THESE are, parterres of different kinds; Botanic Gardens; ... In ornamental
gardens or parterres of every kind, the soil should be ..."
3. The Ladies' Companion to the Flower Garden: Being an Alphabetical by Jane (Webb) Loudon (1865)
"parterres of compartments among the French generally consisted of one square, round,
... parterres anglais may be considered as included in the parterres of ..."
4. An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of by John Claudius Loudon (1860)
"... vegetable sculptures and embroidered parterres were probably in their highest
vogue ; a conjecture confirmed by the works of Le Blond, James, Switzer, ..."
5. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"The tables exhibited a most delightful appearance, being ornamented with parterres
and arbors, displaying an ..."
6. An Introduction to the Study of Landscape Design by Henry Vincent Hubbard (1917)
"... but all this is no excuse for the raucous color discords which we so frequently
see in public gardens and parks and often too in private parterres, ..."
7. Italy: With Sketches of Spain and Portugal by William Beckford (1835)
"parterres of the Greffier Fagel.—Air poisoned by the sluggish canals.— Fishy
locality of Dutch banquetting rooms.—Derivation of the inhabitants of Holland. ..."
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