The Natural Style in Landscape Gardening 



and as it is important that they should be distinctly- 

 understood it may be worth while to summarize the 

 entire case here. 



SUMMARY 



1. Every informal park or garden should be par- 

 tially or wholly enclosed in order to give it a feeling 

 of unity and sometimes of privacy, — but this en- 

 closure need not be so obvious nor so complete as 

 in the formal garden. Good outlooks should be 

 especially preserved. The enclosure will be com- 

 posed chiefly of borders of trees and shrubs. In 

 very large parks no general enclosure will be at- 

 tempted, but special areas may be more or less seg- 

 regated for special purposes. 



2. The main structural features wiU usually be 

 roads, paths, or navigable waters ; and the principal 

 one of these lines will, as nearly as practicable, cir- 

 cumscribe the area under treatment. In certain 

 cases it will become a linear vertebral support, as, 

 for example, in a long river-way or park- way. 



3. The principal considerations in locating 

 drives, walks, etc., will be (a) the shape of the area. 



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