The Natural Style in Landscape Gardening 



tioner is (1) to conserve the native landscape, (2) 

 to restore the landscape where it has been need- 

 lessly despoiled, (3) to improve and clarify the 

 existing examples of native landscape, ( 4 ) to make 

 the landscape physically accessible to all men, 

 women and children, (5) to make it intellectually 

 intelligible, and (6) to give spiritual interpretation 

 to the landscape. This is a great and glorious 

 charge. As we have said, it falls primarily upon 

 the professional landscape gardeners; for if they 

 do not understand and love the landscape, who 

 shall? And if they do not labor to conserve and 

 restore it, who will lift a hand? If they cannot 

 improve and clarify it, who can? If they cannot 

 make it physically and intellectually accessible, who 

 will show the way? And if they cannot give it a 

 spiritual interpretation then the whole effort fails 

 at last. 



Now all these great duties devolve on all land- 

 scape gardeners, but most especially on those who 

 know and love the naturalistic form of landscape 

 design. These duties will fall on these men some- 

 times as matters of public responsibility. There 



