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distinct in itself, only in so far as the topographical and climatic 

 requirements of the various countries must demand a type of 

 design and vegetation solely adapted to the various sections of 

 country. 



The period is fast passing, when as formerly, we needed to look to 

 continental work for our inspirations. The profession upon the 

 American continent, through its growing standards, is progressing 

 rapidly to the point where from the very nature of the country and 

 its problems we shall have a type of landscape gardening as dis- 

 tinctly American as has been the foregoing European. It is destined 

 to be one from the study of which the student of the art will only be 

 enticed as a matter of pure curiosity into these foreign fields. The 

 age and attending sentiment still surrounding the continental 

 masterpieces is something, which with intelligent preservation, will 

 undoubtedly always fill the lover of the garden art with an admira- 

 tion and appreciation which no sentiment associated with the 

 American gardens can supply. 



