Cecil, Evelyn, Mrs., d. 1941, Manners, Victoria, Lady, 1876-1933, ill · New York : Dutton · leaf 62
% «#> ^i- ^^TJ^ HYDE PARK 39 the dullest operations of farming and gardening intofields for enterprise and treasuries of possible discoveries,it is humiliating to find the water in Hyde Park beingused for like experiments as long ago as 1691-92.Stephen Switzer, a gardener, who would have been… … Dolphin Fountain in Hyde Park was fond of indulging in speculations, and studied theeffect of water on plants. He quotes a series of ex-periments made by Dr. Woodward on growing plantsentirely in water, or with certain mixtures. For iifty-twodays during the summer of 1692 he carefully watchedsome…
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