HISTORY 



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Fig. 1 I — A modern American garden 



' In the analysis of any garden plan, the same principles apply that 

 are used in the study of a picture. Here we study a composition just 

 as an arrangement of lines which are the boundaries of the spaces. In 

 any good composition one type of line predominates. For instance, 

 in a composition in which the fundamental lines are horizontal, all 

 other lines in the composition are subordinated to these. On the other 

 hand where the main lines are vertical, we have the other hnes of the 

 composition subordinated to the vertical. In any picture or plan, the 

 arrangement of lines becomes a source of pleasure to the observer if 

 the composition has been well worked out. We have in all composi- 

 tion two types of pictures, the one which is known as the representa- 

 tive, and the other as the decorative. In the representative type, the 

 pleasure or interest to be derived by the observer will depend upon the 

 understanding of the meaning of the picture. In the other type, the 

 decorative, the arrangement becomes the source of pleasure. To be 

 satisfactory, both should have good composition. 



A view of a landscape to be satisfactory, should have some definite 

 limitations. In all landscape work, the views count as pictures, to be 



