52 GARDEN DESIGN 



ant stones. Other good features are the extreme 

 daintiness and use of small trees for small spaces 

 (there is a plentiful range of naturally little sub- 

 jects without having recourse to shears) : the 

 admiration of stones for their own sakes, and use 

 of them in plant groups : the stepping stone 

 paths : recognition of water value and reflections : 

 a proper use of ornaments : and the introduction 

 of better architecture into garden structures. 

 Then if we admire a Japanese garden, the struc- 

 tures and ornaments may be Japanese, and the 

 plants native to the same country, but all the 

 symbolism, the very soul of the Japanese garden 

 must be omitted, and the origin of the materials 

 is all we have to authorize, our effort being named 

 " Japanese." 



