Gardens Near the Sea: The Making and Care of Gardens on or Near the Coast With Reference Also to Lawns and Grounds, and to Trees and Shrubbery (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Gardens Near the Sea: The Making and Care of Gardens on or Near the Coast With Reference Also to Lawns and Grounds, and to Trees and ShrubberyImpelling as is its charm, the sea cannot hold us by its side, spellbound in contemplation of its calm and restless moods. Mingled with its turbulent roar we hear a cry for beauty along its shores, and for intimacy with a gentler and more familiar life. The dwellers by its side long for the fragrance of flowers as an occasional relief from its strong saline scent. Indeed, dwelling along a barren strip of seashore can never have the captivating grace of living where the coast line shows the green things of the earth, either as nature placed them or in skilfully devised gardens.The impetus to garden building has swept over and beyond our inland towns and villages with the result that the shores of America are now dotted with many beautiful gardens, large and small, costly and simple. Moreover, many of the oldest gardens of this country, which are associated with history and romance, are found in places partly bounded by the sea.It is not unusual now, nor has it ever been, for that matter, to find gardens near the sea. It is merely because of their universality in these days that they cannot escape the eye of the wanderer through the populous towns along the seacoast.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.