From Gardening Don’ts (1913) by M.C. 12
DON’T, when you are being shown a garden more celebrated for its pic- turesqueness than for the spotless tidiness of its borders, fix your eye on a flourishing nettle, and Continue Reading
From Gardening Don’ts (1913) by M.C. 11
DON’T, if you wish to please a friend who has designed a very artistic garden, remark: ‘How charminglyrustic you have made it all.’ Read and Download the entire Continue Reading
From Gardening Don’ts (1913) by M.C. 10
DON’T let fashion rule you : if you love old- time flowers, find a place for them, and if you think a rose should be sweet-smelling, DON’T be beguiled into Continue Reading
From Gardening Don’ts (1913) by M.C. 09
DON’T, because you ad- mire someone else’s garden, try to make yours exactly like it : no two women can be charming in the same way, and no two gardens Continue Reading
From Gardening Don’ts (1913) by M.C. 08
DON’T say to those who come to see your garden: ‘Ah, you should have been here last week; I have never seen such a blaze of colour. Now, of course, Continue Reading
From Gardening Don’ts (1913) by M.C. 07
DON’T be too tidy destroy the weeds but let the flowers riot a bit. Who can be more untidy than Dame Nature ? Read and Download the entire book from Continue Reading