DOI issue:
Nr. 120 (March 1903)
DOI article:Maule, Hugh P. G.: Some notes on suburban house and garden
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19878#0111
A Siiburban House and Garden
may result but in the dead
bones of former glories.
The materials — plants, MjHMIHftH| PS|sS f^Mlj<H
flowers, close - trimmed BSiOm^^M BcS? }^^yf^^
hedges and the like may M ■yuUnMflBpflQ^^p ^/C^xUCyP
have the same charm of I^^^H ^HnuiIK/)) . I^s*^*** '
same
form and colour, but if the
mind which arranges them
is not imbued with real
understanding the result
will be mere copyism of
the past.
In former days the
evolution of the English
" THE ORCHARD," HARROW A RAIN-WATER HEAD BY THE BROMSGROVE GUILD
garden proceeded upon
OF HANDICRAFTS
well - defined lines, the
heart of the matter being that a garden was needed garden was a very natural step. That distinct
for the support of the household, and from the attribute of adequateness which old-world gardens
necessary cultivation of herbs and fruits the gradual possess—especially, perhaps, smaller ones—is un-
and increasing importance of the flower or pleasure doubtedly due to the fact that they were sub-
ordinated to the real needs
and necessities of their
RgSgjjlj^s^rfSSS^ owners, to whom they
*5§>S§£s§§^ were indeed vital, and
SSnS$s§§§§^^ hence the important part
^*^SvS$$§s3^^^ which the fruit and
l>^"^$^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^rtflfli kitchen gardens always
played in their arrange-
ment. But in the small
garden of the average sub-
urban house, that creature
of modern growth, the
cultivation of vegetables
can find but small space,
though it might well have
more attention than is
usually the case, and a
happy combination of
fruits and flowers is cer-
tainly one of the lessons
which can be assimilated
and applied to-day. It
is, however, chiefly the
aesthetic and educational
side to which we must
turn; and here is to be
found a complete justifi-
cation, should one be
WT3£e3kfv£ - needed, lor the orderly
and systematic arrange-
ment of the small plot
surrounding the house.
BBBSMriWiffi iirMiriPfi n £ss2»%^u& _ V: — - -i-— If it he desirable to
< THE ORCHARD," HARROW: THE ENTRANCE A. MITCHELL, ARCHITECT have beautiful homes,
99
may result but in the dead
bones of former glories.
The materials — plants, MjHMIHftH| PS|sS f^Mlj<H
flowers, close - trimmed BSiOm^^M BcS? }^^yf^^
hedges and the like may M ■yuUnMflBpflQ^^p ^/C^xUCyP
have the same charm of I^^^H ^HnuiIK/)) . I^s*^*** '
same
form and colour, but if the
mind which arranges them
is not imbued with real
understanding the result
will be mere copyism of
the past.
In former days the
evolution of the English
" THE ORCHARD," HARROW A RAIN-WATER HEAD BY THE BROMSGROVE GUILD
garden proceeded upon
OF HANDICRAFTS
well - defined lines, the
heart of the matter being that a garden was needed garden was a very natural step. That distinct
for the support of the household, and from the attribute of adequateness which old-world gardens
necessary cultivation of herbs and fruits the gradual possess—especially, perhaps, smaller ones—is un-
and increasing importance of the flower or pleasure doubtedly due to the fact that they were sub-
ordinated to the real needs
and necessities of their
RgSgjjlj^s^rfSSS^ owners, to whom they
*5§>S§£s§§^ were indeed vital, and
SSnS$s§§§§^^ hence the important part
^*^SvS$$§s3^^^ which the fruit and
l>^"^$^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^rtflfli kitchen gardens always
played in their arrange-
ment. But in the small
garden of the average sub-
urban house, that creature
of modern growth, the
cultivation of vegetables
can find but small space,
though it might well have
more attention than is
usually the case, and a
happy combination of
fruits and flowers is cer-
tainly one of the lessons
which can be assimilated
and applied to-day. It
is, however, chiefly the
aesthetic and educational
side to which we must
turn; and here is to be
found a complete justifi-
cation, should one be
WT3£e3kfv£ - needed, lor the orderly
and systematic arrange-
ment of the small plot
surrounding the house.
BBBSMriWiffi iirMiriPfi n £ss2»%^u& _ V: — - -i-— If it he desirable to
< THE ORCHARD," HARROW: THE ENTRANCE A. MITCHELL, ARCHITECT have beautiful homes,
99