. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. IQ03. The American Florist. 221 missing an opportunity of setting agood example, very quietly and gently trans- forms our failures into beauty spots. Many a millionaire's residence becomes beautiful after the owner has lost his for- tune; many a town site, once beautiful, destroyed by man's ambition, returns to beauty after man acknowledges himself a failure. "The effort to lay out a town in squares is a fatal mistake that cannot be over- come in our efforts to beautify our homes; the distance alone is not al
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. IQ03. The American Florist. 221 missing an opportunity of setting agood example, very quietly and gently trans- forms our failures into beauty spots. Many a millionaire's residence becomes beautiful after the owner has lost his for- tune; many a town site, once beautiful, destroyed by man's ambition, returns to beauty after man acknowledges himself a failure. "The effort to lay out a town in squares is a fatal mistake that cannot be over- come in our efforts to beautify our homes; the distance alone is not all the waste, the travel of squares forces us on to hills and into holes, and acting on the theory that two wrongs make a right we cut down the hills to fill the holes, the nat- ural contour of the land is destroyed, the natural beauty is sacrificed for an imag- inary necessity or false economy. "Of course roads should be built, but build them to accommodate our natural desires. Many cross roads make cross people, while short cuts always give relief to whoever may have occasion to use them, and the main channels of travel will haveourunanimous approval if our natural inclinations and necessities be the governing influence in building them. "A person who lays out a road or walk without understanding and conforming to these characteristics of humanity insures a contest with the public; every sign 'Keep off the grass,' 'No trespass- ing,' every barrier put up to divert travel and everj- corner or projection of a lawn or garden trampled down in opposition to the manifest desires of the designer is conclusive evidence that the contest is on. "The landscape gardener, engineer or architect should never lose sight of the fact that utility is the foundation of beauty. Fads and fashions may create a ripple of enthusiasm where ingenuity is paid a high price for tickling vanity, but common sense never leaves the utility idea, and fashionmongers are obliged to return to it con
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