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have been overlooked, such as a distant view; for 

 the elaborating and harmonizing of architectural 

 detail, as in setting off a monumental building to 

 the best advantage ; and in supplying a setting for 

 special features, as for instance, a background for 

 a large scheme or a foreground beyond which the 

 general scheme is to be seen. ) 



As a landscape scheme depends for its chief in- 

 terest upon the first impression received by the 

 beholder, the importance of the point of view can- 

 not be overemphasized; therefore, as the number 

 of points of view in a problem increases, the com- 

 plexity of the plant composition increases corre- 

 spondingly. 



The first favorable impression made by a land- 

 scape scheme as seen from a distance must be 

 maintained at shorter range, and the massing of 

 plants and shrubs must be accomplished so nicely 

 as to stimulate interest for a nearer view and a 

 closer analysis. 



If an estate is beautiful, it need not present a 

 blank wall or screen of plant material to the gen- 

 eral public in order to be sufficiently secluded for 

 privacy (Fig. 23) ; neither is it necessary that its 

 owners, willingly or not, must live in the public 

 eye. It should appear attractive from without, 



