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Excerpt from Traite de la Composition Et de l'Ornement des Jardins, Vol. 1: Avec Cent Soixante Et une Planches Representant, en Plus de Six Cents Figures, des Plans de Jardins, des Fabriques Propres A Leur Decoration, Et des Machines pour Elever les Eaux Les chaleurs, si vives dans quelques parties de l'asie, determinerent les souverains et les riches proprietaires de ces contrees a planter des allees d'arbres autour de leurs habitations, afin de se creer un ombrage salutaire; puis. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.