14 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



cases, though none has yet become sufficiently promi- 

 nent to be named and classified. 



These several styles are, to a great degree, mutually 

 exclusive. It is not simply that a landscape gardener is 

 likely to be a partisan of one of the great schools, — 

 though that is true, — but the different styles, especially 

 the natural and the architectural, are utterly diverse in 

 their objects and their methods, so that when brought 

 together they produce nothing but discord. "Within 

 wide space limits two styles may be used, but it requires 

 a master hand to effect a coherence along the line of 

 junction. Those who renieml)er the Wooded Island and 

 the Court of Honor in the World's Fair grounds at Chi- 

 cago, have in mind an excellent illustration of this. 

 Even here the English was not mixed with the Italian 

 style ; but the two were separated as widely as the room 

 permitted. One has only to imagine the architectonic 

 and sculpturesque features of the Court transferred to 

 the midst of the Island to feel at once what a raging 

 discord would have resulted. In the broadest terms, 

 then, it is correct to prescribe that some one style must 

 be chosen and consistently followed throughout the 

 development of any landscape plan. This is the first 

 step toward securing unity. 



