Charlatanism may slide in among flowers. Botany, on the contrary, is a science, and consequently rests on the investigation of pure and simple truth. A horticulturist who allows himself to be influenced by a scientific spirit necessarily frees himself... Journal of Botany, British and Foreign - Page 1901866Full view - About this book
| Floriculture - 1866 - 676 pages
...or a more modest scale, in many towns where the means oí study ore yet inconvenient or incomplete. dormant powers developed. Horticulture, for instance,...it, which contrasts with the grandeur of nature and the sentiment of art. It is for horticulture, combining as it does the planning and the decorations... | |
| Geology - 1866 - 470 pages
...instance, has a commercial tendency which 'may be carried too far. Charlatanism may slide in among flowers. Botany, on the contrary, is a science, and...grandeur of nature, and with the sentiment of art. It is for horticulture, combining, as it does, the planning and the decorations of gardens, to develop the... | |
| Science - 1866 - 736 pages
...proportion of carbonic acid gas." " Horticulture has a commercial tendency which may be carried too liar. A horticulturist, who allows himself to be influenced...necessarily frees himself from over-selfish tendencies." The above extracts will show the spirit of this admirable address, and the enlarged and philosophical... | |
| Science - 1866 - 658 pages
...proportion of carbonic acid gas." " Horticulture has a commercial tendency which may be carried too far. A horticulturist, who allows himself to be influenced...necessarily frees himself from over-selfish tendencies." The above extracts will show the spirit of this admirable address, and the enlarged and philosophical... | |
| 1866 - 924 pages
...for instance, has a commercial tendency which"may be carried too far. Charlatanism may slide in among flowers. Botany, on the contrary, is a science, and...grandeur of nature, and with the sentiment of art. It is for horticulture, combining, as it does, the planning and the decorations of gardens, to develop the... | |
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