OUT-OF-TOWN PLACES 



cultural mania, and wishes the outlay to take 

 such a shape as shall most contribute to his 

 special pursuit ; still another foresees a demand 

 for his acres as villa sites, and desires such 

 arrangement as shall best contribute to their 

 conversion into some half-dozen or more of at- 

 tractive homesteads; and yet another wishes 

 such improvement as shall best develop the 

 natural features of the place, and insure the 

 most economic treatment of the same, with- 

 out any view to future sale, or to whims, 

 whether horticultural or agricultural. 



Now it is strictly within the province of land- 

 scape art to meet either or all of these views 

 without violation of its elemental principles. 

 I have already intimated how far the offices 

 of husbandman and his methods of culture 

 may be subordinated to good landscape effect : 

 of horticulture this is even more true. In lay- 

 ing out with a view to ultimate division of 

 country property for villa sites, there are cer- 

 tain difficulties in the way. In a general sense, 

 it is true that the more you make beautiful a 

 country property, the more you make it invit- 

 ing for country residences. But landscape 

 design with a view to a single ownership 

 and a single home establishment must 

 needs be different from one which looks 



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