The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden (1900) (20402895079)

Title: The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden
Identifier: centurybookofgar00cook (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Cook, E. T. (Ernest Thomas), 1867-1915, ed
Subjects: Gardening
Publisher: London, The Offices of "Country life" (etc. )
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library



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LAYING OUT A GARDEN. 58l grass, and if backed by a wall so much the better. Here, in rich, deep soil, the beautiful hardy flowers will flourish abundantly, and provide a dainty picture from early spring until late autumn, while a host of lovely climbing plants, such as Roses, Honeysuckles, Clematis Jackmani, Wistaria, Passion-flowers, and many other perennial and annual creepers, will garland the wall with festoons of blossom and form a fitting background for the denizens of the border. A path can generally be arranged fur in front of such a border, and is advantageous in permitting a close inspection of the flowers at times when grass would be sodden under foot. In laying out a garden much depends upon the arrangement of the paths. The first reason of a path is to provide a means of proceeding from one spot to another with as little delav as possible ; therefore meaningless twists and meandering?, such as are often seen in public gardens, designed under the mistaken impression that a departure from the straight line is necessarily artistic, should be avoided. Where, however, any obstacle furnishes cause for a deviation from the straight line, such deviation is not only allowable, but rational. Thus a lawn in front of the house at once suggests that the path should skirt instead of dividing its expanse, while groups of shrubs, necessity of access to flower beds, garden seats, summer-houses, or any objects of interest, afford ample motive for departing from the straight line. With pergolas, arches, and other garden structures the same rule that applies to paths holds good. They should appear to fill a want in the positions in which they stand, and should not give the idea of owing their existence merely to the whim of the designer of the garden plan. Let the work' be of lasting materials. Oak" is the best wood if procurable, as when well seasoned it will last a lifetime, while for the upper portions of pergolas bamboo answers the purpose well. All so-called "rustic work" should be avoided, for it is generally trivial, useless, and in bad taste. Simplicity and strength should be the objects aimed at in small gardens quite as much as in large domains, and in many of the former pergolas and arches draped with flowering growths are delightful.
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