. Manual of gardening : a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . Gardening. 24 MANUAL OF GARDENING nity along the borders to distribute trees and shrubs that may be desired as individual specimens. The motive that shears the trees also razes the copse, in order that the gardener or "improver" may show his art. Compare Figs. 14 and 15. Many persons seem to fear that they will never be known to the world unless they expend a great amount of muscle or do something emphatic or spectacular; and their fears are usuall
. Manual of gardening : a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . Gardening. 24 MANUAL OF GARDENING nity along the borders to distribute trees and shrubs that may be desired as individual specimens. The motive that shears the trees also razes the copse, in order that the gardener or "improver" may show his art. Compare Figs. 14 and 15. Many persons seem to fear that they will never be known to the world unless they expend a great amount of muscle or do something emphatic or spectacular; and their fears are usually well founded. It is not enough that / MrMHai^^feft^^flMmliBiliBHIlll,, trees and bushes be planted in masses. They must be kept in masses by letting 14. A rill much as nature made it. them grow freely in a natu- ral way. The pruning- knif e is the most inveterate enemy of shrubbery. Pic- tures 16 and 17 illustrate what I mean. The former represents a good group of bushes so far as arrange- ment is concerned, but it has been ruined by the shears. The attention of the observer is instantly arrested by the individual bushes. Instead of one free and expressive object, there are several stiff. 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York : Macmillan Co.
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