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The ninteenth century was one of discovery. Plant hunters were dispatched all over the world and literally hundreds of exotic annual plant species were discovered and introduced.
A craze for intricately designed , often geometrically shaped beds planted with these wonderful new plants took off.
From the country estates to small town houses the old gardening styles were swept away to be replaced by this extremely formal style of gardening. The craze swept Europe and North America.
Many horticultural experts of the day , including Gertrude Jekyll despised the vulgarity of the style and the demise of the simple garden flowers that in many cases disappeared
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