The Natural Style in Landscape Gardemng 



promise. These hills are good to live with. They 

 support large populations. They are mild and 

 pleasant without being so tragic as the sea or moun- 

 tains. For this reason they are psychologically 

 better for daily human association. If one is a 

 real lover of the landscape he will not seek always 

 for the extreme and spectacular types. One of the 

 greatest qualities in all art is restraint and the will- 

 ingness to accept a moderate expression of feeling. 

 This quality of moderation is expressed in the roll- 

 ing hill country characteristic of wide sections on 

 every continent. It is a type of landscape which 

 has been too much neglected, — that is, there has 

 been little attempt to understand its spiritual sig- 

 nificance. 



In some districts the character of the landscape 

 is taken from its lakes. One whole section of Eng- 

 land is called the Lake Country. The magnificent 

 territory bordering on Lake Champlain, whatever 

 its topography and its other beauties, must ren- 

 der chief homage to the incomparable lake. The 

 lover of the landscape ought also to know some 

 lakes. 



