Formalism in Landscape Architecture - Ancient Egypt
Plan of the garden estate of a wealthy Egyptian official. The approach is from a long canal (at right), and the entrance to the grounds is through an imposing gateway in their surrounding walls. Of particular interest are the two clearly indicated different types of palm trees growing around the garden. The single-trunked tree is the date palm and the bifurcated tree the doum palm. From Ippolito Rosellini's I Monumenti dell' Egitto e della Nubia. (New York Public Library. Photo: Roche). Source: Berrall.