The Natural Style in Landscape Gardening 



landscape will look long and often at the sky. My 

 own students are directed to spend frequent hours 

 of solitude lying on their backs looking up into the 

 depths of the heavens. 



This exercise should be practiced nights as well as 

 days. The deep infinities of the sky are more visible 

 when pricked out by the twinkling stars than when 

 illuminated by the sun. The exercise should be 

 used also in all weathers — when the sky is full of 

 fresh falling snow or of pearly raindrops. For 

 the landscape lover must love all aspects of the 

 sky and all moods of the weather. 



While the fundamental psychological appeal of 

 the landscape is universal, reaching to all men's 

 hearts, there are differences in minor manifesta- 

 tions. The landscape does not mean the same to 

 everybody. The landscape, like religion or any 

 other great experience, is "all things to all men." 



To the farmer the landscape is a part of the 

 day's work. He plows and sows and harvests the 

 landscape. If he is a true farmer his fields become 

 inestimably dear to him. The sun, the wind, and 

 the rain are his friends. He knows and loves them. 



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