GARDENS IN THE MAKING 



THE AIM OF THE GARDEN 



IT is not a rare occurrence to meet in the writings 

 of gardeners, and of those who are skilled in the 

 planting and nurture of flowers, a protest against 

 the usurpation by the architect of any rights in the 

 mystery and craft of garden-making. Horticulture 

 is, indeed, a proud science, but its votaries surely 

 assume too much when they state that a knowledge 

 of plants and shrubs is synonymous with the power 

 of design. On the contrary, it has been found that 

 a striking gift in one department of garden activity 

 is often accompanied by a total lack of perception in 

 the other, and we shrewdly suspect that this notice 

 of threatened prosecution to trespassing architects 

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