OF GARDEN ARCHITECTURE 



too often either neglected or overdone. The prin- 

 ciples and the helps given will be found as useful 

 here as for the property out of town. 



It should be mentioned that, throughout, the 

 word garden has been used in the most elastic sense, 

 it being necessary to embrace both the smallest nook 

 of ground and the large estate. 



Of the first importance in any artistic work, 

 simple or complex, is the correct point of view. The 

 garden that is lived in and loved, whose architec- 

 tural treatment has developed naturally in response 

 to the growing demand for art out of doors, and in 

 harmony with the house and its surroundings, will 

 achieve far greater success than the "show garden" 

 in which the architect has slavishly followed some 

 prescribed canon of formal or naturalistic treatment. 

 Eepose and harmony must be the fundamental prin- 

 ciples in blending the numerous accessories with 

 picturesque and comfort-dispensing features in the 

 little garden living rooms surrounding suburban 

 homes, as well as in the landscape designs of spa- 

 cious country seats. 



In preparing this practical book on architectural 

 embellishment the author has endeavored clearly to 

 demonstrate that garden beauty and harmony need 

 not necessitate lavish expenditure. The most attrac- 

 tive features are shown to be within the means of the 



