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given to the park. In such a problem the size of 

 the domain becomes a chief consideration. In the 

 former example it is only necessary to embellish a 

 single spot to make all surrounding nature serve one's 

 own purpose. Here, the treatment should extend 

 to the whole region. Examples which lie between 

 these two schemes will require modifications of both 

 propositions and be tastefully treated according to 

 the respective localities. In all these cases the 

 principles I have laid down are basic ones." 



Finally, careful consideration should be given to 

 the dimensions of an estate or park with regard to the 

 limitations that the topography, the hills and wood- 

 land and water naturally impose on the purchaser. It 

 is easy for a person of means to add field unto field, 

 but the question is, does he secure thereby an estate 

 or park that naturally fits into a well-considered land- 

 scape scheme? 



If this cannot be done, it would be wise to abandon 

 the scheme altogether and go elsewhere, or else accept 

 the limitations of the smaller place. 



Nothing is more important than the establishing in 

 the beginning the proper boundaries to a place. Time 

 and study and the best advice are well employed in 

 securing this end. 



The illustration of a view from West Point, New 

 York, called the Gates of the Highlands, is given to 

 show to what extent the eye can reach and feel that it 

 contains within its domain a definite landscape picture. 



