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S the artist has before him his various tubes of colors with which he will make his pictures, or the sculptor lays his chisels before him in order, so the landscape builder should have at hand lists of his plant materials according to their various requirements and uses. Then for a desired effect a suitable plant can be quickly and rightly chosen. There are but few plants that fulfill all the requirements, actual and esthetic, of any situation. The task is to choose the one that solves the problem, and can be bought from dealers in plants. Many of these listed are not yet offered. These lists are not iron-clad, but tentative, suggestive, comparative, and by no means complete. They are notes from personal observation. No two plantsmen would make the lists exactly alike, though they would agree in the main. These notes are taken in the latitude of Boston, particularly in the Arnold Arboretum, and the first name in each list is the measure for that plant character. Each list classifies a plant from one point of view; for its other characteristics consult Bailey's Standard Cyclopedia or other reliable descriptions, particularly a card-index of plant materials made by the plantsman hims

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Author

Hamblin, Stephen F.

Publisher

Harvard University, Department of Sanskrit & Indian Studies

Published

1923

Language

EN

ISBN

9780674332119

Category

nonfiction