2 Landscape Gardening 



country or suburban home so shut in as not to afford some 

 scope for the appropriation of outside vistas of beauty 

 beyond its Hmits, and in many cases views for miles around 

 may be found and improved or toned down or heightened 

 by careful treatment in our own planting; and in more 

 closely planted districts, by mutual understanding and 

 cooperation, the real art of landscape gardening may have as 

 broad scope as in the park and large estate. 



Knowledge of Materials 



Before considering so large a subject in detail, the neces- 

 sity must be urged upon the reader of becoming thoroughly 

 famiUar with the materials to be used — i.e., the ornamental 

 trees, shrubs, plants, grass, rock, and style of building to 

 a certain extent — for until this knowledge is obtained it 

 will be a very difficult matter to begin the work understand- 

 ingly or to carry it out to successful results. 



In Chapter X will be found a brief description of the 

 most beautiful trees, shrubs, and plants, their most appro- 

 priate use, the soil best suited to their growth, the special 

 treatment they each require, and in Chapter XV the dis- 

 eases and insect pests they are subject to, wdth remedies for 

 the same. Frequent reference will be made to these chap- 

 ters, and for a full understanding of each case it will be 

 advisable to give these references full consideration. 



A Plan 



Before any one, skilled or unskilled, begins to decorate a 

 place, no matter how small, he must have some plan for 

 the work, and the more complete and fully matured that 

 plan the better. 



Many individuals who have a special love for the beauti- 

 ful in nature, who are familiar with a large number of the 



