142 LANDSCAPE-GARDENING 



should have open space to show sky, clouds and 

 sunshine. The sky space is bounded preferably 

 by the outlines of trees and bushes. Such out- 

 lines, if the growth is allowed to be natural, are 

 sure to be graceful and pleasing. They will be high 

 at one spot and low in another. They will be near 

 at hand at one point and may be miles away in 

 another direction. Sometimes a sky-line may de- 

 scend to the ground, perhaps touching a hill, a 

 prairie, or a range of mountains. If the hill is far 

 away, no jarring effect may be produced, but, if 

 close at hand, it is usually best to soften even the 

 outline of the hill with some foliage. Sometimes 

 the sky-line descends to a body of water which 

 stretches away to the horizon. In such cases, after 

 meeting its surface, the sky-line continues below the 

 water, which may occupy a position in the real 

 picture similar to that of the sky. This water, 

 which may be a lake, a sea, or an ocean, should 

 have its outline softened. If one looks out over a 

 closely shaven lawn at a body of water, the effect 

 is not as pleasing as when the edge of the lawn is 

 modified by an indefinite growth like that of vines, 

 bushes, or the graceful forms of certain herbaceous 

 plants. 



