Royal Botanical Gardens

Famous quotes containing the words royal, botanical and/or gardens:

    “a highly respectable gondolier,
    Who promised the Royal babe to rear
    And teach him the trade of a timoneer
    With his own beloved brattling.”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “Evolution was all over my chldhood, walks abroad with an evolutionist and the world was full of evolution, biological and botanical evolution.”
    —Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)

    “the men
    Leaving the gardens tidy,
    The thousands of marriages
    Lasting a little while longer:
    Never such innocence again.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1985)