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Excerpt from Garden Rockery: How to Make, Plant and Manage It
Gardening, indeed, may be defined, in a phrase, as the domestication of plants; and this domestication is very much less than in practice it used to be - the distortion of plants from natural to viciously conven tional forms. The Romans practised the hideous art - so called - oi topiary, and con sidered it the highest form of gardening art. It consisted in the clipping of plants to make them assume the shapes of birds and animals.
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Gardening, indeed, may be defined, in a phrase, as the domestication of plants; and this domestication is very much less than in practice it used to be - the distortion of plants from natural to viciously conven tional forms. The Romans practised the hideous art - so called - oi topiary, and con sidered it the highest form of gardening art. It consisted in the clipping of plants to make them assume the shapes of birds and animals.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Francis George Heath
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780267781898
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.0 cm
Page Count - 186
Paperback
Contributors
Author
Francis George Heath
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781334266720
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.0 cm
Page Count - 188
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