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indirect aspect in which reflections in the water 

 will present it. There are the skyline, the color, 

 and the marginal line, as these repeat in the 

 water; and they are sometimes quite as vivid 

 in their inversion as in their actuality. The pool 

 indeed may very well be considered as exactly 

 doubling the garden's loveliest effects, since 

 there is within its depths a persistent de capo 

 presenting every theme with nuances differently 

 shaded. Its reflections are truly therefore as 

 much a part of the garden as the plants and 

 flowers which provide their substance. 



As with all the other elements in the design 

 of the small garden, the pool that makes no ef- 

 fort to be naturalistic will best suit its environ- 

 ment. Frankly a basin to hold water that is 

 artificially provided, it still has opportunities for 

 grace and beauty in its form; that this form 

 shall frankly express its true character rather 

 than endeavor (in vain, inevitably!) to create 

 an impression of being a natural product, is 

 the only thing possible unless all sincerity is 

 sacrificed. 



No one has come thus far along the garden 

 way with me, I am confident, without realizing 

 that the ideal which it is my contention should 

 ever be set up and persistently striven for, in 

 garden concept and garden design, is straight- 



