1 8 LANDSCAPE-GARDENING 



terials that are for the most part rigid and fixed. 

 The work of the landscape-gardener is largely with 

 things that are alive, growing, changing. As Bryan 

 Lathrop has said, "It is not the name so much as 

 the idea behind it which is objectionable." To use 

 the word "architect" tends to take away that free- 

 dom and gracefulness that should go with the 

 development of beautiful landscapes. The term 

 "landscape engineer," which has also been used, 

 is even more objectionable than "landscape archi- 

 tect," since engineering is not a fine art, and, while 

 the products of engineering may and ought to be 

 beautiful, its aim is strength rather than beauty. 

 "Landscape designer" is not so objectionable, 

 since it indicates the character of the work under- 

 taken by the man to whom it is applied. 



A "landscape-gardener" is one who may be 

 thought of as trying to produce a Garden of Eden, 

 a garden which is purely imaginary but is thought 

 of as the work of a Power greater than man and 

 more beautiful than anything the present genera- 

 tion has seen. The aim of the landscape-gar- 

 dener is high, and this term, while not free from ob- 

 jections, conveys the correct idea. 



All of the various terms employed are objec- 



