. Alpine flowers for English gardens . Mountain plants. Part I. WHAT TO AVOID. 77 and that by no means a selected example. So far from these figures illustrating exaggerated or extreme instances, I should have no difficulty in finding many, even uglier and more un- suitable, in a few hours' walk near London. That such blemishes are not confined to obscure places, where the light of modern progress in these matters has not yet shone, is evident, as one of the most absurd sketches was taken in one of our greatest parks and another in one of the most popular of London public gardens. T^. W Fig. 5
. Alpine flowers for English gardens . Mountain plants. Part I. WHAT TO AVOID. 77 and that by no means a selected example. So far from these figures illustrating exaggerated or extreme instances, I should have no difficulty in finding many, even uglier and more un- suitable, in a few hours' walk near London. That such blemishes are not confined to obscure places, where the light of modern progress in these matters has not yet shone, is evident, as one of the most absurd sketches was taken in one of our greatest parks and another in one of the most popular of London public gardens. T^. W Fig. 52. ' . . the tall pines dwindled as to shrubs In dizziness of ;. 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 : J. Murray
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