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The parks and gardens of Paris, considered in relation to the wants of other cities and of the public and private gardens; being notes on a study of Paris gardens (1878)

Robinson, W. (William), 1838-1935 · London, Macmillan · leaf 61

An illustration from The parks and gardens of Paris, considered in relation to the wants of other cities and of the public and private gardens; being notes on a study of Paris gardens, 1878, leaf 61 — IS. [Chap. 11. will aid liim as much in this direction as anything that requireseither tropical or subtropical temperature. The fault of this subtropical gardening, as hitherto seen,is its lumpish monotony and the neglect of graceful combinations.The subjects are not used to contrast with or… … Isolated Fcrua, on Grass {Decaisnc and Naudin). or an oval of Ficus, in which hundreds of plants are so denselypacked that their tops form a dead level. Isolated from every-thing else, as a rule these masses fail to throw any natural graceinto the garden, but, on the other hand, go a long way…

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