ELEMENTS OF LANDSCAPE DESIGN 7 



monization of the house with the landscape by 

 which it is surrounded, is of equal importance with 

 their outlook from within the house. This har- 

 monization is often further to be achieved and 

 perfected by the grading and planting required to 

 make the landscape agree to some extent with the 

 house, and this the landscape-man himself should 

 do. As far as possible, the architecture should 

 appear to be an integral part of the landscape. 

 In other words, it must be "in character." 



In landscape design, as in architecture, the plan 

 is the primary consideration, and no progress can 

 be made until it has been decided upon. It is in- 

 fluenced directly by the kind of problem and the 

 particular requirements of the problem. To be 

 successful, the elevation must express the plan, 

 and must of course harmonize with the important 

 natural features of the landscape. The result, 

 whether formal or not, must appear to be sponta- 

 neous. 



The main factor in the development of the de- 

 sign at this point will be the character of the lines \^^ 

 which dominate the landscape. If the country is 

 rolling and sparsely settled, as in most middle 

 Western States, it is probable that a building with 

 informal lines, asymmetrical and of a rambling 



