22 LANDSCAPE GAEDENING 



one sort or another are created, and these in turn 

 have a direct influence upon the lives of those who 

 can see them and live among them. 



If the design stops short with the mere fulfilling 

 of some utilitarian purpose, it will probably not 

 be entirely practical ; it must be satisfactory in ap- 

 pearance as well as in use, or it will not attain the 

 highest degree of practicability. Even though 

 the roads be well graded, the bridges strong, the 

 walks laid out in such a manner as to facilitate 

 circulation, and the plant masses so located as to 

 screen objectionable views or to enhance existing 

 ones, the result may be beautiful ; or it may be that 

 the strong insistence upon practicability has made 

 the function of the various parts too obvious, and 

 the ideas of beauty, for which the design was cre- 

 ated, have been lost. A great deal of study is 

 often required in order that the finished design 

 should appear unstudied, that is to say, spontane- 

 ous. 



The esthetic and the practical should always ap- 

 pear together. It is no less necessary that the 

 practical conjoin with the esthetic, in order that 

 a work of design produce the greatest amount of 

 pleasure. 



A picture, for instance, may be very beautiful 



