THE PRINCIPLES OF GARDEN-MAKING 



for firmness and precision of line, for exact balance, and accurately 

 regulated proportion. His forms and his colour masses must be 

 more strictly studied and more distinctly spaced than those of the 

 landscape gardener, because pre-arranged accident does not enter into 

 his calculations. He guides nature along lines he has laid down 

 beforehand ; he does not follow her and adapt himself to her moods. 

 Of the two types of designers he is in many ways the one who has 

 the larger problems to solve, who has to overcome the greater 

 difficulties before he can hope to succeed. But for him, too, there 

 is an evident necessity for openness of mind. If he thinks only 

 in the past, and is content merely to imitate the works of his 

 predecessors, if he believes that in their theories and practice all 

 the possible principles of gardening have been defined, he will do 

 little to help garden-making to take once again its right place 

 among the arts. 



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