256 LANDSCAPE-GARDENING 



The questions to be answered by the landscape- 

 gardener when designing these so-called city squares 

 are the same that must be met in regard to most 

 of his other work, namely, what will serve the con- 

 venience of the persons for whom the design is made ? 

 What will give the most pleasure for a given amount 

 of expenditure ? What will make for beauty in con- 

 nection with the objects surrounding a "square" ? 



COUNTRY PARKS 



City parks and squares have until recently re- 

 ceived more consideration from the public than 

 has been given to country parks. It has been 

 argued that those living in the country have nature 

 close at hand, with plenty of sunshine and fresh 

 air, and so do not need parks. Notwithstanding this 

 argument, there are many places even in the country 

 which should be preserved for the use of the public. 

 Some of these have already been mentioned, namely, 

 the borders of streams and lakes and steep hillsides. 



Any notable, natural feature should be preserved. 

 Often an individual farmer may have on his land 

 a spring, a wood-lot, a ravine, a great bowlder, an 

 Indian mound, or other object in which he de- 

 lights and which he takes pleasure in showing to his 



