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buildings to be considered, he is handicapped at the start. While on the other 

 hand, he of the architectural profession who plunges blindly into the numerous 

 pitfalls of gardening will make even a worse botch of it, if the thing be possible. 



In the old exam- 

 ples the complete 

 outlay was done by 

 the architect, and 

 the venerable monu- 

 ments he has left to 

 his genius testify to 

 the success of the 

 single brain. How- 

 ever, let the designer 

 call himself what he 

 may so long as his 

 understanding of 

 these two (unfor- 

 tunately separated) 

 professions shall 

 enable him to plan 

 and execute the 

 harmonious whole. 

 Let us hope that the 

 present tendency to 

 reunite these 



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kindred arts Shall Garden of Mrs . D . C . B i air at Bar Harbor, Me. View taken from point "A" on plan, show 

 result in the future >n & tne fountain and tea house. Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul, architects 



designer becoming 



a master of both. This has already been done 

 to a limited extent, and though it has been 

 attended by many failures it has also produced 

 most excellent results. 



We have already spoken of gardens as being 

 the whole exterior outlay of the estate, and this is 

 as it should be. The common usage which distin- 

 guishes between landscape gardening and formal 

 gardening is merely an attempt to distinguish be- 

 tween the informal and formal treatments. The 

 naturalistic arrangement of trees, drives, etc., is 

 just as much a gardening problem as is the regular 

 and more artificial "garden." 



The former treatment is as a general rule much 

 more apt to be successful as well as a far easier 

 problem, inasmuch as it follows more closely the 

 lines of natural conditions; while the latter, depart- 

 ing quite frequently in a considerable degree from 



Japanese fountain in the Blair garden 



