. The parks and gardens of Paris, considered in relation to the wants of other cities and of the public and private gardens; being notes on a study of Paris gardens. Gardening; Gardens; Parks. Chap. A'IIL] SQUARES, PLACES, ETC. 12-] mneh of the architect and sculptor, and too little of the gardener. This is a very common defect in the embellishment of town- gardens. In the centre, where there ought to be repose, there is nothing but stone, chairs, gravel—and confusion. As for the planting, much is wrong, both as to the kind of trees selected, and. The Si]7iarc and Formtain lf<s Ifnnwiiii. t
. The parks and gardens of Paris, considered in relation to the wants of other cities and of the public and private gardens; being notes on a study of Paris gardens. Gardening; Gardens; Parks. Chap. A'IIL] SQUARES, PLACES, ETC. 12-] mneh of the architect and sculptor, and too little of the gardener. This is a very common defect in the embellishment of town- gardens. In the centre, where there ought to be repose, there is nothing but stone, chairs, gravel—and confusion. As for the planting, much is wrong, both as to the kind of trees selected, and. The Si]7iarc and Formtain lf<s Ifnnwiiii. their disposal as to position. It is curious that in spite of all the experience of the constant failure of evergreens in the London squares, few deciduous trees have been employed in the planting of Leicester Square ; Ehododendrons and Portugal Laurels are the plants chiefly made use of, though a moment's thought, with all. 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 Robinson, W. (William), 1838-1935. London, Macmillan and co.
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