GARDEN DESIGN 231' 



week, is in every way as artificial a conception as 

 the formal garden, and it is very frequently less 

 beautiful. Consequently, at that time a contro- 

 versy came up between the landscape-gardeners 

 and the architects that has continued down to the 

 present date. The architect looked at the subject 

 entirely from the point of view of design, and the 

 landscape-gardeners considered only the plant 

 material to be employed, neither contestant real- 

 izing that each side was of equal importance. 



The arguments concerning the relative merits 

 of formal and informal design, which really may 

 be a heritage of that controversy, are looked at 

 from an entirely different point of view at pres- 

 ent. The architect is beginning to see that it is 

 impossible for him to understand the many things 

 necessary to good architecture and at the same time 

 have a thorough knowledge of horticulture, because 

 of the immense possibilities of both subjects. This 

 would necessarily hinder him from indulging in 

 extensive landscape practice. The horticulturist 

 also realizes that a sound knowledge of plant ma- 

 terial alone is an entirely inadequate equipment for 

 the successful practice of landscape design. Con- 

 sequently the architect and the landscape-gardener 

 are now working more in harmony, each admitting 



