2 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



whole landscape in the decoration of all home grounds if 

 we wish to obtain the best results. There is hardly a 

 country or suburban home so shut in as not to afford some 

 scope for the appropriation of outside vistas of beauty 

 beyond its limits, and in many cases views for miles around 

 may be found and improved or toned down or heightened 

 by careful treatment in our own planting; and in more 

 closely planted districts, by mutual understanding and co- 

 operation, the real art of landscape gardening may have as 

 broad scope as in the park and large estate. 



Knowledge of Materials. 



Before considering so large a subject in detail, the neces- 

 sity must be urged upon the reader of becoming thoroughly 

 familiar with the materials to be used i.e., the ornamental 

 trees, shrubs, plants, grass, rock, etc. for until this 

 knowledge is obtained it will be a very difficult matter to 

 begin the work understandingly or to carry it out to suc- 

 cessful results. 



In Chapter X will be found a full description of all the 

 most beautiful trees, shrubs, and plants, their most appro- 

 priate use, the soil best suited to their growth, the special 

 treatment they each require, and in Chapter XV the dis- 

 eases and insect pests they are subject to, with remedies for 

 the same. Frequent reference will be made to these 

 chapters, and for a full understanding of each case it will 

 be advisable to give these references full consideration. 



A Plan. 



Before any one, skilled or unskilled, begins to decorate a 

 place, no matter how small, he must have some plan for 



