The Natural Style in Landscape Gardening 



thereby new sources of interest and pleasure. For 

 instance, a bird garden. Persons who are fond of 

 flowers and of gardens (and not too fond of cats), 

 are apt to be fond of birds also. The cultivation 

 of birds opens up new and interesting possibilities 

 in gardening. There will be plantings of viburnum, 

 roses, mulberries and other materials on which the 

 birds feed; there will be bird baths; there will be 

 picturesque little bird houses ; and, most interesting 

 of all, will be the birds themselves. If one can have 

 in one's garden a catbird and a thrush, a humming 

 bird, two robins and a song sparrow, it will prove a 

 great addition to the columbines and sweetpeas. 



A bird sanctuarj^ is obviously a very appropriate 

 feature for the grounds designed in the natural 

 style. 



And speaking of birds we should pause to em- 

 phasize the fact that any living moving animals 

 in a garden or park add enormously to the general 

 interest. The old English parks often had deer 

 running at large. I once counted three hundred 

 beneath the dining-room window of an English 

 country house. A few sheep on a park lawn will 



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