Victorian gardens: The art of beautifying suburban home grounds (1870)
Scott, Frank J. (Frank Jesup), 1828-1919 · [n.p.] D. Appleton & Co. · leaf 111
of the weeds, and the apparent faint-heartedness of thegrass. They must keep on mowing and rolling patiently. Mostof these forward weeds are of sorts that do not survive having theirheads cut off half a dozen times; while good lawn grasses fairlylaugh and grow fat with decapitation. Weeds of… … Alfred B. Street. ADAPTATIONS TREES. LL modes of growing trees for decorative or business pur-poses may be considered artificial, but what is heremeant by artificial adaptations are those less commonforms of culture, by which shrubs and trees are broughtby skill, or persistent manipulation, into…
