The Natural Style in Landscape Gardening 



and as it is important that they should be distinctly 

 understood it may be worth while to summarize the 

 entire case here. 



SUMMARY 



1. Every informal park or garden should be par- 

 tially or wholly enclosed in order to give it a feeling 

 of unity and sometimes of privacy, but this en- 

 closure need not be so obvious nor so complete as 

 in the formal garden. Good outlooks should be 

 especially preserved. The enclosure will be com- 

 posed chiefly of borders of trees and shrubs. In 

 very large parks no general enclosure will be at- 

 tempted, but special areas may be more or less seg- 

 regated for special purposes. 



2. The main structural features will usually be 

 roads, paths, or navigable waters ; and the principal 

 one of these lines will, as nearly as practicable, cir- 

 cumscribe the area under treatment. In certain 

 cases it will become a linear vertebral support, as, 

 for example, in a long river-way or park-way. 



3. The principal considerations in locating 

 drives, walks, etc., will be (a) the shape of the area, 



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