Terraces and Shrubs 



tional. I have discovered that a land- Mannerism 



of the pro- 



scape-gardener gets a style, a mannerism, fessionai 

 like a poet or a draughtsman, and that, * 

 after some experience, you can detect the 

 professional manufacturer of a garden by 

 the receipts on which he works. Twenty- 

 five Spiraeas here, twenty Deutzias there, 

 Viburnums one dozen, Lilacs in variety, 

 Forsythias eight; a bushel or two of golden 

 Evergreens mixed with Juniper and Ar- 

 bor Vitae, at such a point ; a hedge here, 

 curves on this side, straight lines on that, 

 etc., etc., it is all reduced to a system, 

 and the results, if repeated in the same 

 town, are monotonous. 



We are bound, having gone in for it, to 

 defend the natural method. If the results 

 of the artificial are more satisfactory, the 

 execution is not half the fun. 



Can there be, I ask you, the same en- 

 joyment in sitting down to watch the 

 growth of a border of shrubs that some- 

 body has set out for you, that there is in 

 dragging the few you have planted your- 

 self out of their holes and transporting 

 them to a more becoming place, as you 

 would a flower on a bonnet ? 



