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... fhould be hooped , and matts occafionally spread over them , in the manner of a tilt or awn- ing ; but when the fcorching abates the matts fhould be taken off , to give the plants the benefits of the atmosphere ; atmosphere ; and in dry ...
... fhould be hooped , and matts occafionally spread over them , in the manner of a tilt or awn- ing ; but when the fcorching abates the matts fhould be taken off , to give the plants the benefits of the atmosphere ; atmosphere ; and in dry ...
Page 21
... fhould not be left too long and fprawling ; but ( in this cafe ) fhould be trimmed off pretty close , so as to form a fnug globular root : by this means the new fibres will be formed immediately round the root of the plant , and may of ...
... fhould not be left too long and fprawling ; but ( in this cafe ) fhould be trimmed off pretty close , so as to form a fnug globular root : by this means the new fibres will be formed immediately round the root of the plant , and may of ...
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... fhould not be less than two feet deep ; and , for plants from four to eight feet high , the holes ought to be made from two to three feet diameter : the different ftrata fhould be kept feparate ; laying the fod on one fide of the hole ...
... fhould not be less than two feet deep ; and , for plants from four to eight feet high , the holes ought to be made from two to three feet diameter : the different ftrata fhould be kept feparate ; laying the fod on one fide of the hole ...
Page 31
... fhould move it gently up and down , in order to work in the mould more effectually among the fibres ; which done , they fhould be preffed down gently together with the foot ; and the treading , if the foil be light , fhould be repeated ...
... fhould move it gently up and down , in order to work in the mould more effectually among the fibres ; which done , they fhould be preffed down gently together with the foot ; and the treading , if the foil be light , fhould be repeated ...
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... fhould be preferved as entire as poffible , for they do not fucceed well when torn or cut ; nor fhould any of the branches be bear ampu- fhortened , for there is scarce any tree which will not tation better than this ; fo that when any ...
... fhould be preferved as entire as poffible , for they do not fucceed well when torn or cut ; nor fhould any of the branches be bear ampu- fhortened , for there is scarce any tree which will not tation better than this ; fo that when any ...
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Page 556 - ... yet, upon the whole, be very agreeable. Something of this I have seen in some places, but heard more of it from others who have lived much among the Chineses ; a people, whose way of thinking seems to lie as wide of ours in Europe, as their country does.
Page 555 - The cloister facing the south is covered with vines, and would have been proper for an orange-house, and the other for myrtles or other more common greens, and had, I doubt not, been cast for that purpose, if this piece of gardening had been then in as much vogue as it is now.
Page 554 - The perfectest figure of a garden I ever saw, either at home or abroad, was that of Moor Park in Hertfordshire, when I knew it about thirty years ago. It was made by the Countess of Bedford...
Page 546 - When a Frenchman reads of the Garden of Eden, I do not doubt but he concludes it was something approaching to that of Versailles, with dipt hedges, berceaus, and trellis-work.
Page 552 - Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Page 555 - ... fountains and water-works. If the hill had not ended with the lower garden, and the wall were not bounded by a common way that goes through the park, they might have added a third quarter of all greens ; but this want is supplied by a garden on the other side the house, which is all of that sort, very wild, shady, and adorned with rough rock-work and fountains.
Page 556 - What I have said of the best forms of gardens, is meant only of such as are in some sort regular; for there may be other forms wholly irregular, that may, for aught I know, have more beauty than any of the others...
Page 554 - The beft figure of a garden is either a fquare or an oblong, and either upon a flat or a defcent : they have all their beauties, but the beft I efteem an oblong upon a defcent. The beauty, the air...
Page 571 - Grasmere-water; its margin is hollowed into small bays with bold eminences: some of them rocks, some of soft turf that half conceal and vary the figure of the little lake they command. From the shore a low promontory pushes itself far into the water, and on it stands a white village with the parish...
Page 556 - ... there may be more honour if they succeed well, yet there is more dishonour if they fail, and it is twenty to one they will , whereas in regular figures it is hard to make any great and remarkable faults.