The Natural Style in Landscape Gardening 



expression of divine mercy. 



There is also the pictorial effect to be considered, 

 for a garden is made partly to be looked at. Now 

 a campfire against a dark background of trees, in 

 the dusk of the evening, with its inviting flicker of 

 flame and its up-curling thread of smoke, makes 

 about as fetching a picture as the garden artist 

 can ever hope to compose. The quiet evening after- 

 supper hour is often the very best one of the day 

 in the garden. It is the hour when the family can 

 be together and when intimate friends can drop in 

 for a word of gossip. 



The technical methods to be observed by the 

 landscape architect in installing the garden camp- 

 fires need not be wholly overlooked. It is to be 

 observed first that, as this motive comes from the 

 pioneer life or from the vacation experiences in the 

 wild woods, it harmonizes best with the wilder 

 aspects of landscape gardening. The campfire 

 should be relatively remote from the house, in the 

 most informal part of the grounds, and should have, 

 if at all possible, its background of tall, dark trees. 



It is good art, furthermore, to associate the camp- 



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