The Natural Style in Landscape Gardening 



such a spirit, and living in the constant thought of 

 learning from that great Mother Spirit, we may be 

 perfectly sure of making some progress. Growth 

 in spiritual discernment and in spiritual power is 

 just as natural to a sane man as growth in bulk is 

 to a healthy boy. 



A great deal depends on taking the proper atti- 

 tude, — on looking always for the spiritual signifi- 

 cance of the landscape — on thinking of it in spirit- 

 ual terms — in living the life of the spirit in happy 

 association with the dual world (spirit and matter 

 blended) about us, — a world in which we are our- 

 selves characteristic and integral. 



Every effort is worth while, of course, which 

 wiU enable us to grasp more firmly our own emo- 

 tional experience. We want to clarify our own 

 feelings derived from the landscape. We can al- 

 ways find help in this direction from any of the 

 arts, since aU of them draw their inspiration from 

 nature. Literature is full of this spirit, especially 

 the sounder portions of the modern nature htera- 

 ture. Careful reading in this field will help be- 

 cause it wiU show us what response good men and 



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