English landscape architect Humphry Repton created the so-called English garden, believing that a house was best set off by formal flower beds that subtly merged into the background.

英国园林建筑师亨弗利·雷普顿创造了英式花园，他认为一所房子应该拥有一个正式的花圃，而不是仅仅作为背景出现在人们眼前。

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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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