The Natural Style in Landscape Gardening 



Sweet Fern, Myrica asplenifolia. 

 Sumach, Rhus glabra and copallina. 



Or if we have a wide stretch of barren sandy 

 plain in Massachusetts, we will probably adopt the 

 pitch pine flora, which is characteristic of such land. 

 Its main features are as follows: 



PITCH PINE SOCIETY 



Pitch Pine, Pinus rigida. 

 Scrub Oak, Quercus prinoides. 

 Black Scrub Oak, Quercus ilicifolia. 

 Poverty Grass, Andropogon scoparius. 



This ecological principle is the one most clearly 

 elucidated by Willy Lange in his important work, 

 "Die Garten-Gestaltung der Neuzeit." 



Looking at the landscape from these different 

 points of view, we gradually gain familiarity with 

 its various forms. We learn to know the shape of 

 the mountains, the forms of the trees, the slope of 

 the terraces on the river banks. If we have within 

 us any spiritual nature we learn at the same time 



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