. 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. ( 45 ) CHAPTER III. The Garden of Plants. This garden, the botanic garden of Paris, and one of the most famous in the world, is the type of all that is stupid and harmful to horticul- ture in the botanic gardens of Europe. It is pedantry in the full sun—mismanagement posing as science. We must not seek here for much of the beauty of the veget- able kingdom: the systems adopted steal that away. Clipped li
. 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. ( 45 ) CHAPTER III. The Garden of Plants. This garden, the botanic garden of Paris, and one of the most famous in the world, is the type of all that is stupid and harmful to horticul- ture in the botanic gardens of Europe. It is pedantry in the full sun—mismanagement posing as science. We must not seek here for much of the beauty of the veget- able kingdom: the systems adopted steal that away. Clipped lines of wretched trees; wide, needless walks; wretched culture; over- crowding of plants in the houses ; overcrowding of trees from the endeavour to squeeze them into narrow beds to illustrate classifi- cation ; absence of all design calculated to allow the garden to retain any beauty of grove or lawn or spring; in a word, every depressing feature of the worst-managed botanic gardens is seen here. It is the natural result of placing at the head of such an establishment a person with no knowledge of or sympathy with the art he is supposed to cultivate; while under him are placed men whose efforts under the system are powerless for good. Shall our public gardens be managed by men thoroughly con- versant with the art of gardening, or by those who frequently have no knowledge whatever of it, and whose work is in other fields ? Horticulture is an art embodying so many branches that it is. 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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