It seemed like landscapers stood by, blowers in hand, ready to catch the leaves as they fell from the stately maple trees on campus.

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Humphry Repton modified this approach, reintroducing man-made embellishments such as terraces, statuary and stately avenues of trees.

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The roofs of the stately wood buildings with detailed carvings sprouted from clusters of gingko and maple trees.

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