American homes and gardens (1909) (18158811295)

Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar61909newy (find matches)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic; Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library



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A winding path beneath the trees there, but the 'wildness' is intensified when one fol- lows all the intricate path- ways leading over the little mountainsides and crossing and recrossing the streams." The owner of a garden who has labored in it and loved it from the beginning, as I have done, must feel a keen interest in it in every aspect. To me, no doubt, this garden means more than it may to others, for it has grown year by year. Each season has seen new beauties, each season sug- gested new improvements and betterments. There are, of course, limits to what one might do. I have not felt that we have done too little, and I earnestly be- lieve we have accomplished much. To me, at least, it is satisfying, and this, I take It, means success in garden making. And I be- lieve we have not tried to do too much. The tempta- tion to overdo Is often strong and difficult to resist. Charles J. Pilling.
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The concrete linings of the ponds are concealed by rocks and growing plants