122 THE PLAN OF THE PLACE 



mentation of grounds. Every tree and bush is 

 an individual, alone, unattended, disconnected 



119. The common or nursery way of planting. 



from its environments, and therefore meaningless. 

 Such a yard is only a nursery. 



The other plan (Fig. 120) is a picture. The 

 eye catches its meaning at once. The central idea/ 

 is the residence, with a warm and open greensward 

 in front of it. The same trees and bushes which 

 were scattered haphazard over Fig. 119 are massed 

 into a framework to give effectiveness to the pic- 

 ture of home and comfort. This style of planting 

 makes a landscape, even though the area be no 

 larger than a parlor. The other style is simply a 

 collection of curious plants. The one has an 

 instant and abiding pictorial effect, which is rest- 

 ful and satisfying : the observer exclaims, " What 

 a beautiful home this is !" The other piques one's 

 curiosity, obscures the residence, divides and dis- 

 tracts the attention : the observer exclaims, "What 

 excellent lilac bushes are these ! " 



The following sketch, which the author made 



