HISTORY 25 



itself which included the whole vista of the garden scheme. He 

 always considered the garden as very closely related to the house — 

 as a part of the house plan. ' 



Today we find the owners of these old estates in England grad- 

 ually restoring them to their former wonderful beauty and grandeur. 

 Much of this restoration is due to the influence of Repton and his 

 writings. In America we have suffered from this naturalistic fever, 

 but happily our gardens are not so old nor so elaborate that much 

 harm has been done. 



