ART IN 



THE GARDEN- 



IN THE GARDEN 



THE GARDEN as something "apart" implies 

 human appropriation and control of nature for 

 human purpose. It may be a work of art as 

 truly as a painting or a cathedral. 



There is no such thing as "the art of na- 

 ture." Nature in the wild is not artistic. Its 

 beauty is instinctive, spontaneous, unpremed- 

 itated. Whatever of art we see in nature is 

 imaginary; we read it into nature by selection 

 of details and grouping according to art me- 

 thods. Nature in the garden is nature tamed, 

 cultivated, made subservient to human pur- 

 pose, brought into subjection to conscious 

 purpose. A garden is not merely a piece of 

 nature fenced in near the house, like a wolf 

 chained at the back door; but nature culti- 

 vated and trained like a dog tamed and trained 

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