30 n tbe Stubs of Natural Scenery 



To make the garden what it ought to be the designer 

 must have a perfect knowledge of the different things that 

 go to form a landscape. The nature, habit, and habitat of 

 every species used, must be well understood in order to 

 ensure success in planting. In the natural part of a park 

 or garden, the plant should be able to develop without cul- 

 ture or attention, and the attention given should be for the 

 sake of regulating the growth in certain cases only. Know- 

 ing the materials used, it will be comparatively easy to 

 arrange everything correctly, to give every species the 

 natural position, where it will thrive best, and plant it in 

 the right proportion. 



The details of the constructive work are of no less im- 

 portance. Roads and lawns and natural scenery, to be 

 lasting and satisfactory, must be made in the best possible 

 manner. The natural scenery especially, in order not to 

 become a mere collection of plants, without character and 

 expression, must be formed by an artist's hand and under 

 the scrutiny of an artist's eye, yet with the careful detail 

 of the experienced, practical gardener to ensure life and 

 health and permanency. 



The care of already existing natural scenery is of no less 

 importance, and the gardener intrusted with its care 

 should have a keen perception of the beautiful in nature, 

 in addition to his ability in formal gardening. The thin- 

 ning of crowded shrubberies, the removal of trees that may 

 have become too large for the place they occupy, and work 

 of a like nature, should be promptly attended to. As a 

 rule, it is best to plant trees and shrubs at a considerable 

 distance from one another so as to prevent all crowding ; 



