8 FLOWER GARDENING 



The walled garden is more laughed at than 

 understood by Americans ; they are prone to regard 

 the barriers as an affront to liberty. Yet it is 

 one of the most admirable' of gardens which 

 scarcely can be sanctuary when exposed to the 

 full view of the public. The walls do more than 

 provide seclusion, however; they break the violence 

 of chilling and withering blasts and keep out such 

 undesirable visitors as dogs. They also make it 

 possible to grow tender climbing roses and vines, 

 as well as choice fruit. 



The Japanese garden is the fourth great na- 

 tional type. As far from the Italian, French or 

 English garden as the East is from the West, its 

 art lies so much in the concealment of art that 

 were it not for the architectural features it would 

 seem as if nature were being imitated instead of 

 adapted. This through the exercise of rigid laws 

 that are not easy for the occidental mind to grasp. 

 It lends itself very well indeed to many American 

 requirements. It fits in with low rambling houses, 

 or bungalows, where roofs are long and hang well 

 over. It is most serviceable in the development 

 of rocky grounds, especially where a small amount 

 of water is at hand or easily obtainable. If a 

 pedant chooses to call the resultant garden Jap- 

 anesque rather than Japanese, let him. 



There are hill and flat Japanese gardens. In 

 the former, if there are not natural rises of ground, 

 they are created, often with such cunning that the 

 eye is deceived into seeing distance that does not 



