VI 



GRASS SPACES 



" \ T 7 HAT the gold backgrounds of the old masters, 



y \/ which set out the sweet, lovable faces of 



madonnas and saints in so ideal a manner, 



are to religious pictures, green luxuriant grass spaces 



are to a landscape. They are, as it were, the canvas 



of nature painting, the playground where the sun 



disports an element of brightness which sets out the 



whole landscape." 1 



By grass spaces, something more is meant than is 

 usually understood by the term lawn. All the little 

 corners and nooks of greensward are included, the 

 glades edged with flowers and planted with trees and 

 shrubs, the grass walks in the gardens and along the 

 boundaries of plantations, the rides through woodland 

 ways where saddle horse and carriage may find pleasant 

 passage. These grass spaces are the choice spots of 

 the place. It is there that the clouds play with their 

 lights and shadows and the showers make diamond 

 and silver nettings. No building that can be avoided, 



1 Hints on Landscape Gardening, Prince Puckler. 



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