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MANUAL OF GARDENING 



Review 



We have now discussed some of the principles and apphca- 

 tions of landscape architecture or landscape gardening, par- 

 ticularly in reference to 

 the planting. The ob- 

 ject of landscape garden- 

 ing is to make a picture. 

 All the grading, seeding, 

 planting, are incidental 

 and supplemental to this 

 one central idea. The 

 greensward is the canvas, 

 the house or some other 

 prominent point is the 



53. An enclosure for lawn games. 



central figure, the planting completes 

 the composition and adds the color. 



The second conception is the prin- 

 ciple that the picture should have a 

 landscape effect. That is, it should be 

 nature-like. Carpet-beds are masses 

 of color, not pictures. They are the 

 little garnishings and reliefs that are 

 to be used very cautiously, as little 

 eccentricities and conventionalisms in 

 a building should never be more than 

 very minor features. 



Every other concept in landscape 

 gardening is subordinate to these two. 

 Some of the most important of these 

 secondary yet underlying considera- 

 tions are as follows : — 



The place is to be conceived of as a unit. If a building is 

 not pleasing, ask an architect to improve it. The real architect 



54. Sunlight and shadow. 



