DESIGN AND POSITION. 



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in the architect's own work we have but to look at the public build- 

 ings in London where it is used, mostly to spoil any architectural 

 grace such buildings should possess, as in the National Portrait 

 Gallery, the Natural History Museum, and the Home Office build- 

 ings, and then we may better judge how far we may go in our gardens 

 with such art. 



Real artists in sculpture are not concerned with garden design, and 

 sculpture is not the business of the builder or landscape gardener. A 

 statue or two of any artistic value may be placed in a garden with 

 good effect, never, however, forgetting that a garden is a place for 

 beautiful life, not death. It is not that we despise other arts than 

 our own, they may charm and even help us, as in the case of a 

 landscape painting by a man of genius. Even a drawing of a tree 

 or flower may be a lesson in form and beauty ; but all debased 

 " art " is as harmful in the garden as it is anywhere else. 



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