DESIGN 83 



In a much less sjTQmetrical way in informal de- 

 sign i^lant material is used to enframe views which 

 determine axes ; for informal axes, as has recently 

 been pointed out, are generally determined by 

 ^iews from within or without the house, as the case 

 may be. Plant material is sometimes used on an 

 axis where some one definite point is to be accen- 

 tuated, but accent material is always employed for 

 this purpose. In formal design the positions of 

 the axes determine the positions of all walks and 

 the placing of all garden accessories. 



Every j^roblem, when finished, should have posi- 

 tive qualities, a certain character of its own. 

 There should be no doubt in the mind of the spec- 

 tator as to what the desired effect is, and it should 

 be perceived directly. It must not, of course, as- 

 sault the intelligence of the beholder and clamor 

 for attention, but should nevertheless tell its story 

 and accomplish its purpose in a straightforward 

 fashion. 



Sir Joshua Reynolds had something to say in 

 connection with painting that will apply with 

 equal force to landscape : 



The great end of the art is to strike the imagination. The 

 painter therefore is to make no ostentation of the means by 

 which this is done; the spectator is only to feel the result in 



