150 LANDSCAPE-GARDENING 



ing their perfume, guiding the growth of their gen- 

 eral effect by adding in one place or taking away in 

 another. 



And what of the final result, the completed front 

 yard ? There never is any final result. The front 

 yard is a continual growth, \vhich may be so beauti- 

 ful as to fill its owner with a constant desire to re- 

 turn to it whenever he is away ; a place not only 

 beautiful but restful because of its freedom from 

 intrusion and its quietness and also because it is 

 a part of its owner - - is in fact his Garden of Eden. 

 It is the most perfect example of the landscape- 

 gardener's art, but while the landscape-gardener 

 may make the original design, in its most perfect 

 form it must be developed, adopted and loved by 

 its owner. Into it will come birds with song, beau- 

 tiful in shape and color and graceful in movement. 

 Into it will come snow, rain, and sunshine. Into it 

 will come the owner and his friends to enjoy their 

 hours of leisure and from it they will watch the sun, 

 moon, stars, the clear blue sky, clouds, and rain- 

 bows. 



There are some persons, perhaps many, who will 

 not appreciate this expression of the landscape- 

 gardener's art. To them sky-lines, the winter with 



