The Natural Style in Landscape Gardening 



be judged much better in the field than in the draft- 

 ing room. The effective development of sky-lines 

 can hardly be reached in any other way, yet effec- 

 tive sky-lines are indispensable to good landscape 

 workmanship. It need hardly be remarked here 

 that the designing of good sky-lines is intimately 

 involved in the placing of groups and in the order- 

 ing of paragraphs. All these studies go together. 

 Whether the sky-line be long and level or sharply 

 serrated it must harmonize with the principal 

 theme. If it has a vigorous rhythm it must cor- 

 respond with the rhythm of the structural para- 

 graphs and their component groups. Whatever 

 rationale may be discovered in the designing of the 

 sky-line must be founded on the principle of the 

 leading motive, the paragraphic structure and the 

 development of the group. 



Thus far we have considered the art of grouping 

 only with reference to the external form and inter- 

 nal structure of groups. At least two other mat- 

 ters require attention in this connection, viz., color 

 and texture. 



Much has been said about color harmonies and 



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