Victorian gardens: The art of beautifying suburban home grounds (1870)
Scott, Frank J. (Frank Jesup), 1828-1919 · [n.p.] D. Appleton & Co. · leaf 72
rough edu-cation and culture, is the policy of the citizen who wishes tomake a permanently pleasing home, and no foolish expenditures.The building of expensive summer-houses and arbors in ordinarysuburban places is rarely necessary. Where grounds are largeenough to make them real conveniences, the… … CHAPTER IX FAULTS TO AVOID-PLAN BEFORE PLANTING. RIGID self-denial, in dispensing with many things thatseem desirable, will be found essential to the best effectand enjoyment of those home-adornments which we canafford. Limited as most men are in income; circum-scribed as their building lots…
