The Natural Style in Landscape Gardening 



come the famous performances of the Ben Greet 

 Players, the Coburn Players, etc. In the same 

 connection it is to be remarked that the many suc- 

 cessful pageants given in America of late years 

 have nearly all been staged in landscape settings 

 of the most pronounced informality. These facts 

 are pertinent and important. 



As a problem in garden design, it is wholly 

 feasible to make a garden theater or players' green 

 of the most informal character. It may be fitted 

 so snugly into the garden or into the woods or 

 against the stream bank that every one would sup- 

 pose it to be wholly the work of nature herself. 

 There is not space here to discuss the whole com- 

 plicated technic of outdoor theater design; but it is 

 a matter which the proficient landscape gardener 

 may be expected to understand and to practice. So 

 here is another feature of vital human interest which 

 may add to the charm of the naturalistic garden. 



Another special feature which seems peculiarly 

 appropriate to the naturalistic park or garden is the 

 campfire. The campfire is a peculiarly American 

 motive, associated with our long years of pioneering. 



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