Victorian gardens: The art of beautifying suburban home grounds (1870)
Scott, Frank J. (Frank Jesup), 1828-1919 · [n.p.] D. Appleton & Co. · leaf 101
on their northerly sides, and some trees which glow withbeauty towards the sun are meagre and unsightly towards thenorth. This fact must therefore be borne in mind in decidingwhere to plant favorite trees or shrubs, so that their fairest sidesmay be towards those points from which they will be most… … CHAPTER XII. RELATIVE BEAUTY OF LAWN, TREES. SHRUBS, ANDFLOWERS. THE true lover of nature is so omnivorous in his tastes,that for him to classify her family into different grades ofusefulness or beauty, is about as difficult a task as toname which of her vegetable productions is the bestfood. But…
