. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i88i). The American Florist. 185. ROSk RViGOS^. Mr. McMillan—yet even here there is a wide difference of opinion, but hi5 art, for art it is unquestionably—is compar- atively in its infancy, and we are certain of far better things. I'rom the rude figures and crude paintings which mark the dawn of art to the Venus de Medici and the Transfiguration of Raphael, is a long step, and while it may be impossible with the materials at his command for the gardener to reach the perfection of the artist, yet by earnest endeav
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i88i). The American Florist. 185. ROSk RViGOS^. Mr. McMillan—yet even here there is a wide difference of opinion, but hi5 art, for art it is unquestionably—is compar- atively in its infancy, and we are certain of far better things. I'rom the rude figures and crude paintings which mark the dawn of art to the Venus de Medici and the Transfiguration of Raphael, is a long step, and while it may be impossible with the materials at his command for the gardener to reach the perfection of the artist, yet by earnest endeavor he can attain such excellence that he will be in a position to ignore the censure of the hypercritical few whose only argument seems to be founded on moss-grown precedent. He will be certain to win approbation from the multitudes who will flock to see his work on nature's broad fields and under her own canopy. Millions will derive pleasure and benefit from his efforts, who would otherwise be deprived of them, and who luckily have never had the opportunities of his critics to acquire stilted ideas of the "eternal fitness of ; To the mysterious process manifested in "sports" by which nature occasionally develops new varieties, we are indebted for many of our standard varieties of "foliage" and flowering plants as well as some vegetables, yet Mr. McMillan's ideas if carried out would result in their entire extinction. His assertion that these can not be reproduced from seed is subject to qual'fication. The White. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original American Florists Company. Chicago : American Florist Company
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