Gardens and Their Accessories 



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festal in its character. It is a beautiful and expensive toy, rather more perhaps 

 than the average rich American would care to carry, and yet suggestive of much 

 that can be adapted 

 to smaller and less- 

 pretentious p r o b - 

 lems. The Amer- 

 ican, being a man 

 of business, has little 

 time to enjoy such 

 an extensive outlay 

 and i s contented, 

 perhaps wisely, with 

 the smaller luxury. 



I n comparing 

 the English garden 

 with that of Italy, 

 one is struck by the 

 domestic qualities of 

 the former. The 

 conscious effort for 

 effect so noticeable 

 in Italian and 

 French gardens is 

 lacking, and, al- 

 though these two are 

 superior to the Eng- 

 lish garden as ex- 

 amples of the higher 

 art of scientific gar- 

 dening, they never- 

 theless suggest too 

 much of the festive 

 and public function 

 to be in accord with 

 the domestic tem- 

 perament of the 

 Anglo-Saxon. The 



earlier work was influenced by that of Italy, and from this we have the formal 

 terrace, walled garden, bowling green, clipped hedge and the architectural 

 accessory. Naturally, from the character of the country, the terrace was perhaps 

 more flat, and this general flatness extended to the whole outlay. The details of 

 accessory were simple, and such accessory less numerous than in the Italian type. 



Although the English gardener has frequently gone to extremes in the 

 matter of clipping, and evolved from perfectly harmless and innocent trees most 

 hideous and awe-inspiring effects, yet the better and simpler forms are rather 

 pleasing than otherwise. He has respected in a great measure the right of trees 



srmal garden. Flowers soften the lines of architecture 



