Journal, Volume 2International Garden Club, 1918 |
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Page 153 - Thus there are two books from whence I collect my divinity ; besides that written one of God, another of his servant nature, that universal and public manuscript, that lies expansed unto the eyes of all : those that never saw him in the one, have discovered him in the other.
Page 462 - It was the winter wild, While the Heaven-born Child All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies ; Nature in awe to Him Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Master so to sympathize : It was no season then for her To wanton with the sun, her lusty paramour.
Page 462 - But He, her fears to cease, Sent down the meek-eyed Peace ; She, crowned with olive green, came softly sliding Down through the turning sphere His ready harbinger, With turtle wing the amorous clouds dividing; And waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a universal peace through sea and land.
Page 334 - Barrytown, deserves a more extended notice than our present limits allow, for it is, as a whole, nowhere surpassed in America, in point of location, natural beauty, or the landscape gardening charms which it exhibits. It is one of our oldest improved country seats, having been originally the residence of General Montgomery, the hero of Quebec.
Page 479 - Professor MERIAM. Mr. Chairman, my name is RS Meriam; I am a member of the faculty of the Harvard Business School. I have been interested in this subject for a number of years. I should like to begin by saying that I appear in opposition to this bill, and that I am not, and would resent the accusation that I am, antilabor. As a matter of fact, I am not opposed, in principle, to unemployment reserves and I am not opposed in principle to compulsion on the part of the States...
Page 302 - If the person served does not comply within five days with the rule or regulation violated, in case such rule or regulation relates to a temporary or permanent source or act of contamination affecting the potable water supply of the city of New York, the commissioner of water supply, gas and electricity of said city...
Page 326 - In the United States, it is highly improbable that we shall ever witness such splendid examples of landscape gardens as those abroad, to which we have alluded. Here the rights of man are held to be equal...
Page 436 - The wood, which is strong, light, durable and non-warping, resembles walnut to a large extent and is much in demand for fine furniture. The tree might be cultivated in the semiarid sections of the United States where the winters are not too severe. It prefers a porous soil, and is easily propagated from suckers which spring up from the roots that are near the surface of the ground.
Page 324 - ... enchanting. But if Landscape Gardening, in its proper sense, cannot be applied to the embellishment of the smallest cottage residences in the country, its principles may be studied with advantage, even by him who has only three trees to plant for ornament ; and we hope no one will think his grounds too small, to feel willing to add something to the general amount of beauty in the country.
Page 326 - ... modern style owes its origin mainly to the English, so it has also been developed and carried to its greatest perfection in the British Islands. The law of primogeniture, which has there so long existed, in itself, contributes greatly to the continual improvement and embellishment of those vast landed estates, that remain perpetually in the hands of the same family. Magnificent buildings, added to by each succeeding generation...