Journal, Volume 3International Garden Club, 1919 |
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... effect the plants possess an individual charm which might be described as gro- tesque by some , formal , stiff or delicate in coloration and blend of tone , depending on the temperament and point of view of the observer . Probably the ...
... effect the plants possess an individual charm which might be described as gro- tesque by some , formal , stiff or delicate in coloration and blend of tone , depending on the temperament and point of view of the observer . Probably the ...
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... effect produced is truly striking in a well grown plant of a glaucous green general aspect , covered with large blossoms varying from yellow to various proportions of red . The effect is still heightened if the young growth is ...
... effect produced is truly striking in a well grown plant of a glaucous green general aspect , covered with large blossoms varying from yellow to various proportions of red . The effect is still heightened if the young growth is ...
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... effect will be perhaps agreeable ; but it must become monot- onous . To prevent people endeavouring to see any life or interest in vegetation , the true way is to make a few things pre- dominate everywhere . It is also a simple and easy ...
... effect will be perhaps agreeable ; but it must become monot- onous . To prevent people endeavouring to see any life or interest in vegetation , the true way is to make a few things pre- dominate everywhere . It is also a simple and easy ...
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... effect of these tubes or hose have been carefully studied . The following is a table of results with a twelve metre apparatus , the inner diameter of the nozzle of the branch being 0-012 meters , or rather less than half an inch , and ...
... effect of these tubes or hose have been carefully studied . The following is a table of results with a twelve metre apparatus , the inner diameter of the nozzle of the branch being 0-012 meters , or rather less than half an inch , and ...
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... effects of this deliquescent salt , as compared with those of water , are not uniform ; in the case of roads with much traffic the salt is twice as dear as water , because of the necessity of constant renewal , but in side paths and ...
... effects of this deliquescent salt , as compared with those of water , are not uniform ; in the case of roads with much traffic the salt is twice as dear as water , because of the necessity of constant renewal , but in side paths and ...
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Page 37 - You say there is no substance here, One great reality above: Back from that void I shrink in fear And child-like hide myself in love; Show me what angels feel. Till then I cling, a mere weak man, to men. You bid me lift my mean desires From faltering lips and fitful veins To sexless souls, ideal choirs, Unwearied voices, wordless strains; My mind with fonder welcome owns One dear dead friend's remembered tones.
Page 36 - I can forgo, This warm kind world is all I know. You say there is no substance here, One great reality above: Back from that void I shrink in fear, And child-like hide myself in love : Show me what angels feel. Till then, I cling, a mere weak man, to men. You bid me lift my mean desires From faltering lips...
Page 277 - Laying out grounds, as it is called, may be considered as a liberal art, in some sort like poetry and painting; and its object, like that of all the liberal arts, is, or ought to be, to move the affections under the control of good sense...
Page 118 - GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a Garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which buildings and palaces are but gross...
Page 327 - That for the purpose of this act the term " nursery stock " shall include all field-grown florists' stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, fruit pits and other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees or shrubs, and other plants and plant products for propagation, except field, vegetable, and flower seeds, bedding plants, and other herbaceous plants, bulbs, and roots.
Page 268 - The principle upon which the Letchworth Park Arboretum is established is that it shall consist of a permanent collection of the various species of the world's timber trees likely to thrive in this northern climate, planted scientifically, to test their value and illustrate the processes of development, so supplying not only knowledge for knowledge's sake, but also knowledge for practical use.
Page 91 - Here are sweet peas, on tiptoe for a flight : With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white, And taper fingers catching at all things, To bind them all about with tiny rings.
Page 277 - If this be so when we are merely putting together words or colours, how much more ought the feeling to prevail when we are in the midst of the realities of things; of the beauty and harmony, of the joy and happiness of living creatures; of men and children, of birds and beasts, of hills and streams, and trees and flowers; with the changes of night and day, evening and morning, summer and winter; and all their unwearied actions and energies...
Page 37 - Back from that void I shrink in fear, And childlike hide myself in love : Show me what angels feel. Till then, I cling, a mere weak man, to men. You bid me lift my mean desires From faltering lips and fitful veins To sexless souls, ideal quires, Unwearied voices, wordless strains : My mind with fonder welcome owns One dear dead friend's remembered tones. Forsooth the present we must give To that which cannot pass away ; All beauteous things for which we live By laws of time and space decay. But oh,...
Page 327 - America, and other foreign countries and localities, certain injurious insects, including fruit and melon flies (Tephritidae), new to and not heretofore widely distributed within and throughout the United States, which affect and may be carried by fruits and vegetables commercially imported into the United States or brought to the ports of the United States as ships...