The Natural Style in Landscape Gardening 



in the same group unless a definite contrast is de- 

 sired and achieved. Textures of twig and foliage 

 should be quite as carefully harmonized as colors. 



In general, too, we may safely follow the rule 

 of placing the coarsest textures in the background 

 and the most delicate textures in the foreground. 



In special cases very coarse and very fine textures 

 may be brought together for purposes of contrast, 

 remembering always that in art harmony should 

 prevail and contrast should be the exception. Fre- 

 quent contrasts in any work of art soon lose their 

 force and become tedious or even obnoxious. 



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