Wood and garden; notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur . a. oo CHAPTER XIV LAEGE AND SMALL GARDENS A well done villa garden—A small town garden—Two delightfulgardens of small size—Twenty acres within the walls—A largecountry house and its garden—Terrace—Lawn—Parterre—Freegarden^Kitchen garden—Buildings—Ornamental orchard—Instructive mixed gardens — Mr. Wilsons at Wisley — Awindow garden. The size of a garden lias very little to do ?vvitii itsmerit. It is merely an accident relating to tlie cir-cumstances of the owner. It is the size of his heartand brain and goodwill
Wood and garden; notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur . a. oo CHAPTER XIV LAEGE AND SMALL GARDENS A well done villa garden—A small town garden—Two delightfulgardens of small size—Twenty acres within the walls—A largecountry house and its garden—Terrace—Lawn—Parterre—Freegarden^Kitchen garden—Buildings—Ornamental orchard—Instructive mixed gardens — Mr. Wilsons at Wisley — Awindow garden. The size of a garden lias very little to do ?vvitii itsmerit. It is merely an accident relating to tlie cir-cumstances of the owner. It is the size of his heartand brain and goodwill that will make his gardeneither delightful or dull, as the case may be, and eitherleave it at the usual monotonous dead-level, or raise it,in whatever degree may be, towards that of a work offine art. If a man knows much, it is more difficultfor him to deal with a small space than a larger, forhe will have to make the more sacrifice; but if he iswise he will at once make up his mind about what hewill let go, and how he may best treat the restrictedspace
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