PRACTICAL BOOK OF GARDEN ARCHITECTURE 



the garden building is under the supervision of a 

 genuine Japanese artist who will "do the thing up 

 right," they give no further concern to this than 

 they do to the Italian and other formal gardens that 

 are attractively placed on various secluded portions 

 of their grounds. But no matter what may be the 

 object that influenced the owner to include Japanese 

 gardening in decorating his home grounds, the inter- 

 est thus evidenced has grown until many are becom- 

 ing familiar with the true art of gardening in Japan. 



There is still another class of enthusiasts upon 

 this subject, who have attempted to build their own 

 oriental gardens, fashioned after those that they 

 have studied on their travels in Japan, or by study- 

 ing the models already established in this country; 

 but in every instance it is noted that such gardens 

 fail to be successful, unless one understands the 

 seemingly endless details that govern true oriental 

 work. It is safer, if one would have it constructed 

 on correct lines, to give the building of the large, 

 attractive Japanese garden into the care of a native 

 craftsman. 



The American-Japanese gardens, which present 

 interesting studies in various sections of the country 

 to-day, almost invariably include numerous flowers 

 with their ornamental accessories the Japanese 

 azaleas, the dwarfed plum trees and many novel 



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