. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 1229 An improvised ruin. 172s. be expected as long as the human race makes progress. The constantly increasing wealth of plants modifies the spirit of the work. It is no longer worth while to follow any school or cult
. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 1229 An improvised ruin. 172s. be expected as long as the human race makes progress. The constantly increasing wealth of plants modifies the spirit of the work. It is no longer worth while to follow any school or cult. Every style has its use and place. In small city or suburban places, a formal or formalesque treatment of the ground plan may be desirable. In larger and freer places, the spirit of the fields may be given fuller expression The fundamental thing to consider is the fact that there must be a general theory or plan before there is any grading and plant- ing.—these latter things are only means to an end. Yet many persons who would I'l- calietl landscape gardeners conceive that to plant a phu-f is llie whole of the pro- blem. The working out ui the ili'tails of the plan is to Landscape Gardening what building is to architecture, or what pen-work and grammar are to literature. It is the industrial or constructional part of the work. It is what has been called Landscape Horticulture (Bailey "Garden and Forest," 1:58). It has to do with all the details of kinds of plants, the care of them, the making of lawns, and similar problems. The American writings on Landscape Gardening are mostly writings on land- scape horticulture and kinds of plants. ()f indigenous American books, only two (Dnwnin^ ami Waugh) can be said to give adominant share of their spaci- to the prin- ciples of Landscape Gardening as a fine-art conception. The first American practicing landscape gardener of note was Andr6 Parmentier, who came to this country from Belgium about 1824 and established a nursery
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