The Quarterly Review, Volume 184William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, John Murray, Sir John Murray IV, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1896 |
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Page 54
... flowers was common to men ; and , were we able now to look into the gardens of the villas of those days , we should see terraces and statues and glistening marble fountains , gorgeous yet familiar flowers and tangled masses of creepers ...
... flowers was common to men ; and , were we able now to look into the gardens of the villas of those days , we should see terraces and statues and glistening marble fountains , gorgeous yet familiar flowers and tangled masses of creepers ...
Page 55
... flowers and of all to do with the garden that is so marked a feature of our own day . The work which we have placed at the head of this article purports to be a history of gardening in England . The subject is a vast one , too vast ...
... flowers and of all to do with the garden that is so marked a feature of our own day . The work which we have placed at the head of this article purports to be a history of gardening in England . The subject is a vast one , too vast ...
Page 56
... flowers , like our powers of appreciating them in all their beauty and significance , - has not been the work of this century or of that ; it has been the result of education , and the careful and patient labours of generations . Our ...
... flowers , like our powers of appreciating them in all their beauty and significance , - has not been the work of this century or of that ; it has been the result of education , and the careful and patient labours of generations . Our ...
Page 57
... flowers were the rose , violet , poppy , and lily . We may , however , estimate how much was lost , from the fact that many species which had once been common had to be re - introduced in later times . But long after Saxon days ...
... flowers were the rose , violet , poppy , and lily . We may , however , estimate how much was lost , from the fact that many species which had once been common had to be re - introduced in later times . But long after Saxon days ...
Page 58
... flower gardens only the very rich indulged in flowers ; the gardens of their poorer neighbours being devoted almost entirely to fennel ... flowers were little considered , fruit became more plentiful and received more little 58 The Garden .
... flower gardens only the very rich indulged in flowers ; the gardens of their poorer neighbours being devoted almost entirely to fennel ... flowers were little considered , fruit became more plentiful and received more little 58 The Garden .
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