PAINTING THE LANDSCAPE 



It is always a temptation, when seeds 

 sprout, and runners put forth from pre- 

 cious shrubs, to save the healthy little 

 treasures by enlarging old beds, or adding 

 new ones to the garden space. This is all 

 right where one has a real garden, but, 

 in the sort of garden I am telling about, 

 it is very easy to ruin one's effects instead 

 of heightening them by too much decora- 

 tion. It is like fussy trimming on a dress, 

 and, if one has nobody to give the little 

 plants to, then one must ruthlessly dig 

 them up and throw them away, and 

 sternly resist the temptation to enlarge 

 the floral masses beyond the limits of 

 artistic proportion. 



The dominating idea in the cultivation 



of Felsengarten has been to keep it as 



nearly as possible as nature made it. In 



planning its walks, its little pond, its grot- 



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