. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. T-s-^^ifr.^:^^ .>â J^ ir J J, J i4^i ^â si^;j,j. 1228 One of Langley s Desiens for eardens that lye irreeularly to the Grand ; foi the la-s ing o panjin^ phn of sheu tot (Fig Pill) and the 11 t (Fig 1231) â ,how how far hi from tho e of Langlej h \\ shoit of the idealb of th i tion has been left u


. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. T-s-^^ifr.^:^^ .>â J^ ir J J, J i4^i ^â si^;j,j. 1228 One of Langley s Desiens for eardens that lye irreeularly to the Grand ; foi the la-s ing o panjin^ phn of sheu tot (Fig Pill) and the 11 t (Fig 1231) â ,how how far hi from tho e of Langlej h \\ shoit of the idealb of th i tion has been left us of the I Passing through a smil! swelling lawn thit iir i a winding path wiil i The path and w u i upon the slope t at one e cool glo i i 1 i left that \ou seem all on of ihp garden I \ I corollary 11 IK sent time, lu 1 pies exists that the old time ridicts the canons ifterent particularly amnn_ t Liuli : foi its own sake \ et one ca g«den art IS unloveh or thi ot Kood taste The two bek cf e thetic feeling and the meie fact that both of them u e pUnt ubiects does not make them compaiable. t irdeu ait like painting or music or literature derelops al n, 11 lal r national lines The Latins and their I lilt li ^ p liked the formal and conventional line the e gardens express the personal tions they need no apolog\ notwith- r thej are condemned by many land- \ lift I lit t\pp of endeavor IS that which attempts to mterpiet nature m the making of landscapes The ideal landscape garden, like the ideal landscape painting, expresses or emphasizes some single thought or feeling. Its expression may be gay, bold, retired, quiet, florid; but if it is natural, its expression will conform to the place and the purpose, and the expressions are not mat- ters of rule. It should be a picture, not a collection of interesting objects. Mere plaiitinu' ami -i-ading do not make a landscape garden: in lari i)m y 'ilirn spoil it. It is not enough to plant: tin- iilaiii-, iimsi in the right place.


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