Essay On Modern Gardening (1904)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904. Excerpt: ... What colouring, what freedom of pencil, what landfcape, in thefe lines, from that faphire fount the crifped brooks, Rolling on orient pearl and fands of gold, With mazy error under pendent ihades Ran nedtar, viiiting each plant, and fed Flow'rs worthy of Paradife, which not nice art In beds and curious knots, but nature boon Pour'd forth profufe on hill and dale and plain, Both where the morning fun firft warmly fmote The open feld, and where the unpierc'd ihade Imbrown'd the noon-tide bow'rs.--Thus was this place A happy rural feat of various view. Read this tranjporting defcription, paint to your mind the J cenes that follow, contraß them with the favage but refpeclable terror with which the poet guards the bounds of his Paradife, fenced with the champain head Of a fteep wildernefs, whofe hairy fides With thicket overgrown, grotefque and wild Accefs denied; and over head upgrew infuperable Quel coloris! quelle liberté de touche! quel payfage dans ces vers-ci! La four ce qui d'abord coule en faphirs liquides, Entretient ces canaux argentés & limpides, D'où s'échappe & Jerpente en utiles filets L'onde qu'on voit rouler fur des lits où s'étale Parmi le fable d'or la perle orientale. Le nectar répandu fous les ombrages frais Arrofe chaque fleur & nourrit chaque plante; Fleurs & plantes du Ciel qu'avec de vains apprêts L'art ne raffemble point en couches, en bouquets. La nature les donne, & fa main bienfaifante Les prodigue aux coteaux, aux vallons, aux forêts, Soit aux lieux découverts dont ГafpeEl favorable Aux rayons du matin offre un facile accès, Soit aux fombres berceaux, azile impénétrable Que les feux du midi ne percèrent jamais. Lifez cette defcription ravilTante, peign...