THE GENERAL PLAN OR THEORY OF THE PLACE 13 



fcion of the fundamental elements of the beauty of landscape. 

 Its only merit is the fact that trees and shrubg^ have been 

 planted; and this, to most minds, comprises the essence and 

 sum of the ornamentation of grounds. Every tree and bush 

 individual alone, . 



IS an 



unattended, disconnected 

 from its environments, 

 and, therefore, meaning- 

 less. Such a yard is only 

 a nursery. 



The other plan (Fig. 6) 

 is a picture. The eye 

 catches its meaning at 

 once. The central idea is 





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5. The common or nursery way of 

 planting. 



the residence, with a free and open greensward in front of it, 

 The same trees and bushes that were scattered haphazard over 

 Fig. 5 are massed into a framework to give effectiveness to the 

 picture of home and comfort. This style of planting makes a 

 landscape, even though the area be no larger than a parlor. 

 The other style is only a collection of curious plants. The one 



has an instant and 

 abiding pictorial ef- 

 fect, which is restful 

 <^jif^^ -/^^^"^ ^^^ satisfying: the 



S^'5^^y @^^ observer exclaims, 



''What a beautiful 

 home this is!" The 

 other piques one's 

 curiosity, obscures 

 the residence, di- 

 What 

 excellent lilac bushes are these !" 



An inquiry into the causes of the unlike impressions that one 

 receives from a given landscape and from a painting of it 



6. The proper or pictorial type of planting. 



vides and distracts the attention : the observer exclaims. 



