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terials from which that particular landscape is to -tt~ 

 be created, and he must be familiar with them ' 

 in every particular. Both in plan and execution 

 he works quite otherwise than does the painter 

 on his canvas; he deals with realities. The beauty 

 of a bit of real Nature, which by the art of the 

 painter can only be partly hinted at, cannot on a 

 plan be given at all. I am inclined to believe, on 

 the contrary, that, except in a very flat region 

 where no views are possible and where little can 

 be achieved anyhow, a plan which is agreeable 

 to look at, with lines pleasing to the eye, cannot 

 truly stand for beauty in Nature. My experience 

 is that in order to achieve fine results in landscape 

 gardening one is often obliged to select lines 

 which in a plan drawn on paper have no charm. 



