108 LANDSCAPE GAEDENING 



but this attractiveness should be secondary to tlie 

 more important interest of those who are gazing 

 out from within. 



In the planting of large parks or public proper- 

 ties the consideration of var;^dng points of view 

 is found to greater extent perhaps than in any 

 other problems which the landscape-architect may 

 undertake. These are often of small extent, oc- 

 cur generally at the intersection or radiation of 

 streets, and are seen from a number of different 

 points of aj)proach. It is very essential that the 

 park should appear in an equally favorable light 

 from any one of these approaches, and its compo- 

 sition must therefore be much more carefully 

 studied than an off-scape, which is to be seen from 

 one position only. 



Planting is often employed in architectural 

 composition to carry out the lines of a design and 

 to unify the general impression. It gives a 

 greater breadth to this impression and emphasizes 

 the salient features. It furnishes an easv transi- 

 tion from one building to another, and is a great 

 help in harmonizing groups of buildings of differ- 

 ent t}q3es. 



A sense of fitness is so evidently lacking in num- 



