68 Outlook to Nature 



new art profession is just now rising, having 

 for its sphere the real fields under the open 

 sky. As yet it has no name. Once it was 

 called landscape gardening, when its efforts 

 were confined to the constricted areas of gar- 

 dens and parks. Now it is called landscape 

 architecture, as in its present stage it has 

 much to do with buildings and engineering 

 problems. Soon it will rise beyond all these 

 arbitrary bounds and take the face of the earth 

 for its own. Even now, we know that the 

 regulation of the scenery of mountains is not 

 too large for its grasp. 



COUNTRYMAN AND CITY MAN 



I am speaking to city people. This leads 

 me to say that there are two kinds of country 

 and of country life, the country of the city 

 man and the country of the countryman. 

 These prospects are wholly unlike, for the 

 country is seen from opposite points of view, 

 and with different preconceived ideas. 



The city man looks outward to the country : 

 it is his respite and release. The countryman 



