Landscape Gardening 



of the true artist who loves his work, my 

 hostess noted a ledge here, an obtrusive 

 Oak-top there, which, to her fastidious 

 taste, seemed to intrude. For the true 

 lover of nature works forever at his pic- 

 ture, ever sensitive to a new charm, watch- 

 ful for a fresh effect, rejoicing in each 

 change, painting with a palette of the 

 great Mother's blending, on a canvas of 

 her own contriving, with an impression- 

 ism that cannot falsify, and a detail that 

 is never intrusive. In this great school 

 one learns breadth without vagueness, in- 

 tensity without violence, and softness that 

 cannot be effeminate. The value of at- 

 mosphere, the glory of the sky, can never 

 be out of key with the picture, and the 

 " seeing eye," by careful study and patient 

 waiting, can here evolve ideal beauty from 

 material form. 



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