The Natural Style in Landscape Gardening 



Even collections of plants are not wholly inad- 

 missible. The "pinetum" and the "orangery" and 

 the "rosarium" are perfectly good ideas, in spite of 

 their factitious origin and sometimes juvenile treat- 

 ment. One garden that I know has specialized in 

 lilies, and another contains every species of fern 

 which an enthusiast and an adept can grow. It is a 

 great experience to see a hundred varieties of 

 peonies or dahlias or gladioli all together. One 

 might travel far for the opportunity. 



Such features are worth putting into gardens; 

 and for the present one need only be reminded that 

 over-planting and the making of collections have 

 ruined more gardens than they have made in 

 America. The landscape gardener who would make 

 much of these elements in his work must be a man 

 of power, that is, a man of great self-restraint. He 

 must be a designer to whom the initial plan is clear 

 and sacred or else he will very soon lose all sense 

 of design in his enthusiasm for his horticultural 

 collections. 



Sometimes these collections of plant materials 

 may be turned to a special purpose and become 



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