Bvolution of Iborticulture 



authors and fully discussed at the meet- 

 ings of the society, were afterwards 

 published in its Transactions. By these 

 means certain axioms were established, 

 and have to a great extent been prac- 

 tised. 



First, although owing to circumstances 

 which must govern the arrangement of 

 an estate, be it large or small, and which 

 depend upon its situation and surround- 

 ings, as well as upon the habits, associa- 

 tions, and tastes of the owner, no fixed 

 laws can be laid down which are appli- 

 cable in all cases, yet there are certain 

 general principles to be recognized, if 

 success is to be attained. Among these 

 should be included congruity or fitness. 

 This should always be kept in view in the 

 garden art, and yet it is a principle that 

 is perhaps most frequently violated, a 

 violation more striking and more quickly 

 detected in small estates than in large. 

 There should be unity, one expression or 

 leading feature in harmony with the 

 characteristics which individually distin- 

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