The Natural Style in Landscape Gardening 



c. Undergrowth of laurel. 



d. Marginal growth of birch, dogwoods and 

 viburnums. 



e. Half-open pastures with red cedars. 



This Connecticut landscape then becomes a theme 

 of unlimited possibilities. It may be given more 

 liberal, diversified and intricate treatment than the 

 pine-tree motive, and it wiU necessarily be much 

 harder to carry such a theme clearly home to the 

 audience. Yet this is just what every thoughtful 

 landscape gardener is trying to do. 



The history motive : Any one who visits the na- 

 tional reservation at Lookout Mountain must find 

 the views very impressive. But unless he is wholly 

 innocent of imagination he will be promptly drawn 

 away from the glories of Moccasin Bend by the 

 historic associations. The place is saturated with 

 them. Relics, tablets and monuments are com- 

 moner than trees. They are easily accepted as the 

 dominating subject matter — the leading motive. 



The Shakespeare motive: In a London park I 

 once visited a little enclosed garden said to contain 

 every kind of flower and shrub mentioned in the 



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