The Natural Style in Landscape Gardening 



acquaintance with a particular type. The citizen 

 of Cape Cod loves the sea and the dunes. The 

 native of Nebraska loves the plains. The habitant 

 of Quebec loves the woods, and the men bred 

 amongst the mountains of Colorado must love the 

 white-peaked Rockies. 



The man who really sets out to know and love 

 the landscape, however, whether he be a student 

 of landscape architecture or a mere citizen of the 

 universe, will try to know different types of land- 

 scape. He will seek to make the acquaintance of 

 as many distinct types as possible. For this rea- 

 son it is desirable to consider what are the princi- 

 pal landscape types. 



It is reasonably accurate to say, though there is 

 nothing scientific in the classification, that the four 

 great types of landscape are the sea, the mountains, 

 the plains, and the forests. These great types 

 every one should know. Certainly every man who 

 professes to be a landscape architect should assimi- 

 late into his own life these fundamental landscape 

 forms. 



The sea has always been a power in human 



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