...the writings of Francis Bacon: "A Man shall ever see, that, when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately sooner than to garden finely; as if gardening were the greater perfection." 1 She dedicated the book "To my friends in Brooklyn who taught me to...

...allusion to the often quoted observation by Francis Bacon—"When ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately, sooner than to garden finely; as if gardening were the greater perfection"—then Downing's charge as apostle of refinement in landscape gardening...

...palaces are but gross handiworks; and a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility and elegancy men come to build stately sooner than to garden finely, as if gardening were the greater perfection." Whether this is generally true or not, it seems that for some people,...

...Francis Bacon noted, garden-making followed upon building: "When Ages grow to Civility and Elegancie, Men come to Build Stately, sooner than to Garden Finely: As if Gardening were the Greater Perfection."81 This tardiness of "fine" gardening in the cultural process has many...

...habitat-making in its advanced mode with the creation of gardens: 'when Ages grow to Civility and Elegancie, Men come to Build Stately, sooner than to Garden finely, as if Gardening were the Greater perfection' (Essays, 1625). Bacon's distinction between the two modes, his acknowledgement...

...are but gross handy-works: and a man shall ever see, that, when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately, sooner than to garden finely; as if gardening were the greater perfection. Francis Bacon Of Gardens i625 Ilfaut cultiver not re jardin. Voltaire...

...tous ceux qui, comme ce Heros, favorient apprecier son merite." Ages grow to Civility and Elegancie, Men come to Build Stately, sooner than to Garden Finely: As if Gardening were the Greater Perfection." Quoted in John Dixon Hunt and Peter Willis, eds., The Genius of the Place,...

...palaces are but gross handy-works: and a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately sooner than to garden finely, as if gardening were the greater perfection. I do hold it, in the royal ordering of gardens, there ought to be gardens...

...also had considerable plans for the garden: Bacon had suggested that gardening surpassed architecture ('men come to build stately sooner than to garden finely, as if gardening were the greater perfection'). 35 Before Mary's mother left for Paris and the new household at Sayes...

...growth in all wholesome Art, and gardening at its best is a fine art. For ever true is what Bacon says: 'Men come to build stately sooner than to garden finely, as if gardening were the greater perfection.' To borrow illustrations from other arts, the champions of the formal...