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[n either case tliere was room, and to spare, for a differ- 

 ence of design and location. There may be circum- 

 stances which make the uniform j^lan and arrangement 

 the host, but certain monotony is the result. 



Dee]) vistas in any landscape planting are desirable 

 for many reasons. They give depth to the scene. Our 

 gardening is usually on too small a scale to satisfy fully 

 the hungry eye. One's look will wander away and 

 beyond the fence which limits the little garden, and 

 seek to lose itself at the farthest reach of the eyesight's 



FIG. 15. TTTB SKY tTTTE PROPKRL,Y PITKCTITATED. 



W:ishiiigt()n Park, Albany. 



power. Thus it but satisfies a natural desire if the open- 

 ings in the garden plantings are so placed as to permit 

 the eye full enjoyment of any good extraneous view. 

 And even within the grounds a long perspective fur- 

 nislies a variety of views, siuce in it some objects are 

 seen at a distance, some in middle-ground and some in 

 the foreground. 



The sky line should never be monotonous. In 

 speaking of picturesque effects we have already suggested 

 that the sky line should not always be much broken. 

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