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give him the right to the title of " Landscape- 

 gardener " — to design the grounds, choosing a 

 site for and sueofestine the form of the house, 

 laying out the roads and walks, and planning 

 the planting of trees, shrubs, and flowers, so as 

 to make one harmonious picture, as it is to have 

 an architect to design the buildings and plan 

 the rooms for the convenience and comfort of 

 the occupants. 



Few of us can afford the services of landscape- 

 gardeners, and fewer still are ourselves real art- 

 ists. What then ? Shall our homes be simply 

 shelters from the winter's wind and summer's 

 sun? Mere houses, where we eat and sleep and 

 exist ? Or shall they be, so far as it lies in our 

 power to make them, abiding-places of comfort 

 and joy and beauty ; places where the eye of the 

 weary mother, as she glances up from her work, 

 may meet the restful view of shrub and tree and 

 sky, all blended into one delightful picture ; 

 where the passer-by may receive refreshing 

 glimpses of cooling shade and vistas of beauty 

 half-hidden by the trees or clumps of shrubbery, 

 or catch sight of the gay colors of summer flow- 

 ers or glorious tints of autumn leaves — dwelling- 

 places which elevate and enrich our lives ? If 

 this latter condition is to be obtained, then the 

 finished landscape must first exist in the mind — 

 i.e., be seen in the imagination of the designer, 

 just as the finished picture must be seen by the 



