Journal, Volume 3International Garden Club, 1919 |
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... natural his- tory questions informed me that this was the caterpillar of a moth called the " Pale Tussock , " because of the tussocks upon his body . The moth is pale grey coloured , with various mark- ings , and is fairly common . He ...
... natural his- tory questions informed me that this was the caterpillar of a moth called the " Pale Tussock , " because of the tussocks upon his body . The moth is pale grey coloured , with various mark- ings , and is fairly common . He ...
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... naturally , it is well worth while to have them in this way , be- cause of their peculiarity of retaining on their branches the red dry leaves more than half through the winter , causing a distinct point of colour against the evergreen ...
... naturally , it is well worth while to have them in this way , be- cause of their peculiarity of retaining on their branches the red dry leaves more than half through the winter , causing a distinct point of colour against the evergreen ...
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... natural flowers to chintzes , needlework , or wallpapers ? French artists , no matter of what school or of what period , always excel all others in the beauty of their actual draughtmanship . Among these illustrations there is a very ...
... natural flowers to chintzes , needlework , or wallpapers ? French artists , no matter of what school or of what period , always excel all others in the beauty of their actual draughtmanship . Among these illustrations there is a very ...
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... Natural History Museum at South Kensington , as it is very full of suggestions . Had I soil that suited roses , and room to grow them in , I should try and make a collection of the wild Roses of the world and the roses figured by ...
... Natural History Museum at South Kensington , as it is very full of suggestions . Had I soil that suited roses , and room to grow them in , I should try and make a collection of the wild Roses of the world and the roses figured by ...
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... NATURAL WAYS Another instance where too much formality and rigid adher- ence to design circumscribes the possibilities of good gardening is in relation to the growth of hardy flowers . Hence the floral poverty and meagre beauty of many ...
... NATURAL WAYS Another instance where too much formality and rigid adher- ence to design circumscribes the possibilities of good gardening is in relation to the growth of hardy flowers . Hence the floral poverty and meagre beauty of many ...
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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...