"One of the first things the lover of flower gardening should do is to get a clear idea of the distinction between gardening and botany. Gardening is an inexhaustible art; botany is a world science, and the great mistake is to consider gardening from the point of view of the botanist."
William Robinson, writing in the Preface of the 1934 edition of The English Flower Garden
Image of William Robinson courtesy of telegraph.co.uk
William Robinson, writing in the Preface of the 1934 edition of The English Flower Garden
Image of William Robinson courtesy of telegraph.co.uk
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