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Light is the engine of plants. Christopher Reed
There is nothing very beautiful about the sunflower; but I am told
that it bends toward the sun, which is strange and rather appealing. Sei Shonagon (Tenth Century)
There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence. Ralph Waldo Emerson
My garden is an honest place. Every tree and every vine are incapable of concealment,
and tell after two or three months exactly what sort of treatment they have had. Ralph Waldo Emerson
A little studied negligence is becoming to a garden. Eleanor Perenyi
It is unchristian to hedge from the sight of others the beauties of nature
which it has been our good fortune to create or secure. Frank J. Scott (1870)
The area of a handsome Garden may take up thirty or forty Acres, not more. Philip Miller (1724)
The garden that is finished is dead. H. E. Bates
Flowers...are richness enough in the garden picture. To add further ornamentation is to distract. Russell Page
Style is a matter of taste, design a matter of principles. Thomas Church
Once it has a toehold, incongruity has a way of advancing
systematically through the garden like quackgrass. Des Kennedy
Plans should be made on the ground to fit the place,
and not the place made to suit some plan out of a book. William Robinson
When smiling lawns and tasteful cottages begin to embellish a country,
we know that order and culture are established. Andrew Jackson Downing (1841)
A grass-blade's no easier to make than an oak. James Russell Lowell (1891)
Go forwarde in the name of God, graffe, set, plant, and nourish up trees in every corner of your grounde. John Gerard (1597)
Trees display the effects of breeding quite as much as horses, dogs, or men. William Howitt (1842)
Trees are much like human beings and enjoy each other's company. Only a few love to be alone. Jens Jensen
I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do. Willa Cather
Great trees are good for nothing but shade. George Herbert (1640)
He that plants trees loves others beside himself. Thomas Fuller (1732)
Except during the nine months before he draws breath,
no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does. George Bernard Shaw
Orchards are even more personal in their charms than gardens,
as they are more nearly human creations. Amos Bronson Alcott (1868)
You reap what you sow. But there will be surprizes. Emilie Barnes

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