COMPANIONSHIP OF PLANT AND MAN. 



The division of the grounds is only a part of the designing 

 of the landscape architect. Through it we are supposed to 

 be placed in full possession of and communication with the 

 attractions which the setting is to furnish. Yet, while the 

 partition of the area admits of ready correction, as the foot 

 will make the trail where its passage is justified, the setting, 

 while finished, undergoes a constant development. The 

 forms as molded are the embryo, as it were, and every 

 season's growth brings out more clearly either the mistakes 

 or the advantages of the artist's design. It is seldom that 

 we see the value of the setting placed above and beyond the 

 importance of the division, and for that very reason I take 

 the pains to positively state that the value of my booklet is 

 mainly in this part of the designing. 



The principle upon which I found my doctrin is consistency 

 of association. I am forbidden to apply such throughout 

 the design of a kindergarten, because I have to select mainly 

 with the idea of associating the child with the plants, not 

 plants with plants and children. But even in this regard I 

 have assumed responsibility, the justification of which the 

 child will prove, if the grown man will remain incredulous. 

 As soon as we set out a plant, we make it a prisoner. It 



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