The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 85
rubs, andespecially evergreens, give shelter and encouragement to singing birds,to whichherbaceous plants ofter little or no shelter or food. There are yet other arguments in favour of trees and shrubs for agarden of recreation, which are worth notice. Herbaceous plants arelow, small, and to have… … den must stand still, and stoop down, wliicli, when repeated severaltimes, would soon, instead of a recreation, become very fatiguing,Now trees and sliriibs are large objects, and there is scarcely one ofthera the beauty of which may not be seen and enjoyed by the specta-tor while he is walking…
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