i6o Xan&scape Hrcbitecture 



The view which shows a pool in Central Park on the 

 west side near 77th Street might well be the moat of a 

 feudal castle like that of Muskau, but its background 

 which makes it so picturesque is simply the south-east 

 tower of the Natural History Museum. There is a 

 winding path that goes down to the water for the benefit 

 of horseback riders who may be passing on the bridle 

 path nearby. 



The view of Durham Cathedral is somewhat familiar. 

 The reason for its introduction is to show how much 

 water adds to the value of the view of a noble 

 building. 



The water-soaked margins of our ponds and lakes 

 furnish a home for many graceful, fine foliage and 

 flowering plants. Necessary variations of height 

 and impressiveness are made with the great Gunnera 

 and the lesser heights with irises or daffodils or the 

 little water-lily {Nymphcea pygmea). 



The question which we need to consider here is the 

 way they should be used on the shores of the pools and 

 streams of the landscape picture. We are again called 

 to study the homes where such plants live nearby, on, 

 or in the water, and to see where they appear to best 

 advantage. An eye keenly alive to such opportunities 

 for study will see many things along the banks of brooks 

 and lakes that are suggestive and worth imitating 

 in water planting. It will see first of all, especially 

 in confined areas, pools and arms of a lake or stream, 

 that there should be plenty of water surface left un- 

 covered by planting. The level space is the eye of the 



