Victorian gardens: The art of beautifying suburban home grounds (1870)
Scott, Frank J. (Frank Jesup), 1828-1919 · [n.p.] D. Appleton & Co. · leaf 14
hetherit be a tree-flecked meadow, a forest glade, a copse belted lawn, aformal old French garden, a brilliant parterre, or a general blend-ing of artfully grown sylvan and floral vegetation with architecturalforms. Not to reproduce the rudeness of Nature, therefore, but toadapt her to our… … CHAPTER I I. DECORATIVE PLANTING—WHAT CONSTITUTES IT? He who sees my park, sees into my heart!—Prince Puckler to Bettina Von Arnim. THE objects sought in Decorative Planting are various.The simple pleasure of working among and developingbeautiful natural productions is one; the desire to makeones…
