26 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE. 



arrangement which I have been describing is what really 

 constitutes the " landscape architecture " of the place, to 

 which all subsequent decoration is subordinate, and the 

 skill and judgment of the artist are shown in the tasteful 

 adaptation of the natural features to the necessities of the 

 case, and the attainment of the most graceful develop- 

 ment of whatever attractive features the place may 

 possess, without any sacrifice of the obvious demands of 

 convenience. If the reader will consider the endless 

 variety of combinations of natural features upon which 

 it is the artist's province to operate, and the equally 

 varied tastes and necessities of humanity which are to be 

 provided for, he may perhaps obtain a realizing sense of 

 the demands which are made upon his taste and 

 ingenuity. 



But apart from all considerations of the immediate 

 wants of the proprietor is the necessity of reference to 

 future possibilities. 



This question is one of special importance in the West 

 and particularly in the vicinity of growing towns, where 

 land is rapidly increasing in value. It often happens in 

 a very few years that such a demand for building sites 

 may arise as will make it desirable to divide the estate 

 and set off a portion for the purpose of selling it in lots. 

 Even if the original proprietor does not wish to do so, it 

 may become imperatively necessary for his children or 

 successors, and special reference should be had to such 

 possibility in making the primary arrangement, and the 

 buildings and different departments so disposed that those 

 portions which it would be most desirable to set off may 



