THE AIMS OF LANDSCAPE-GARDENING u 



work, in all of which the rule of unity as well as the 

 other rules to be mentioned will have a guiding in- 

 fluence. These rules also govern in pictures that 

 are painted, in music, architecture, sculpture, and 



FIG. 4. A LAKE SCENE IN SCOTLAND. The island and the mountain are too 

 nearly equal in value. If the island were shown much smaller in relation 

 to the mountain the composition would be better. 



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literature. There should be balance^ (Fig. 5), but 

 this does not mean that one side of a view should be 

 just like the other. A tree may be balanced by a 

 shrub, a rock by a building, a mass of flowers by a 

 single blossom. A judicious arrangement of light 



