Victorian gardens: The art of beautifying suburban home grounds (1870)
Scott, Frank J. (Frank Jesup), 1828-1919 · [n.p.] D. Appleton & Co. · leaf 125
he sides of foot-path gates, in the same manner as recommended for the hemlock,and it will only be necessary to trim them on the inside, so as tokeep the opening unincumbered; as the hawthorns bloom best ontheir extended garland-like branches. But they should be trimmedenough to prevent any… … 126 ARTIFICIAL ADAPTATIONS OF ground, the same form suggested for hemlocks and pines is adaptedto the hawthorns; viz., planting in a square or circle so that theinterior can be used for a cool summer resort for smoking or read-ing, a place to take tea, or a childrens play-Fig. 37. house. A dense…