. The parks, promenades, & gardens of Paris, described and considered in relation to the wants of our own cities, and the public and private gardens. Gardens; Parks. 292 REFORM IN THE CONSERVATORY. your modern cultivator has contrived almost to annihi- late leaf beauty. Nature is strongly vigorous in the production of leaves, and in the widest spread of Heath over a mountain, in the densest mass of Bluebells in a wood, or in any natural display of bloom whatever, you find the mass toned down by pointed leaves, and in the case of the spreading Heather by fringe of Polypody and cushion of mo
. The parks, promenades, & gardens of Paris, described and considered in relation to the wants of our own cities, and the public and private gardens. Gardens; Parks. 292 REFORM IN THE CONSERVATORY. your modern cultivator has contrived almost to annihi- late leaf beauty. Nature is strongly vigorous in the production of leaves, and in the widest spread of Heath over a mountain, in the densest mass of Bluebells in a wood, or in any natural display of bloom whatever, you find the mass toned down by pointed leaves, and in the case of the spreading Heather by fringe of Polypody and cushion of moist mountain moss, if you go near to it and examine it. Everywhere Na- Fl°-128- ture sets her flowers in clouds of refreshing green, and therefore those who merely culti- vate dense flower- ing things, and do not take care to relieve them with others possessed of sweet grace and verdure, outrage nature, and offer nothing worthy of admiration to the educated or tasteful eye. To have all the flowers dished up Maranta micana. without a bit of green, is like eat- ing your dinner in the form of a pill—a great saving of time no doubt, but still utterly destructive of the joys of the table. A not unimportant merit of the subjects I so strongly recommend for general culture is the great ease with which they are cultivated; no neat staking, delicate attentions, or repeated pottings, being required. They may be grown with nearly equal facility in pots or tubs or planted out. The continental plan of divesting the interior of the. 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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