CALIFORNIA GARDENS 



NO. 17. JAPANESE HILL GARDEN 

 ( Tsukiyama-niva) 



An ideal Japanese landscape must 

 contain a combination of mountains and 

 water scenery. The Hill Garden 

 (Tsukiyama-niva) style is the model of 

 a most complete Japanese garden. The 

 present plan shows such a garden with 

 little hillocks, "ABCD," representing 

 mountains. "B" is placed in the re- 

 motest part of the garden and is meant 

 to represent a distant peak, visible over 

 the sides of hills "A" and "C," which 

 form the central feature of the nearer 

 distance. A cascade and rocks mark the 

 division between the two. "D" is a low, 

 rounded hill in the foreground, covered 

 with detail in the form of stones and 

 shrubs, without any characteristics of a 

 large or distant mountain. There are 

 many important rocks or stones in the 

 garden, of which No. 1, the "Guardian 

 Stone," occupies the most central posi- 

 tion in the background ; it represents the 

 presiding genius of the garden, and to- 

 gether with No. 3, the "Worshipping 

 Stone," must be introduced into all 

 Japanese gardens. The little lake fed 

 by a waterfall is an almost indispensable 

 feature of Japanese gardens, and even 

 in localities where no natural supply 

 can be obtained, the water scenery is ex- 

 pressed by a sunken stretch of bare 

 beaten earth or well-raked sand (as in 

 plan No. 16), with isolated stones scat- 

 tered here and there to indicate islands. 

 A bridge, two ornamental stone lan- 

 terns, "L," the water basin "W," a 

 number of selected trees and shrubs 

 complete the landscape. For details 

 about the planting list, see pages 8 and 

 116. 



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PLAN NO. 17 

 Size of Lot 50'x145' 



