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 76
seenhere. It is the natural result of placing at the head of such anestablishment a person with no knowledge of or sympathy withthe art he is supposed to cultivate; while under him are placedmen wliosc eftbrts under the system are powerless for good. Shall our public gardens be managed by men… … 46 THE PAI^KS AND GARDENS OF TAKIS. [Chap. III. difficult to find any one person who possesses a good generalknowledge of the whole. Men spend their lives in studyingorchid culture or arboriculture, and yet these are but depart-ments of the art. Difficult, however, as it is to secure a manwith a…
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