The Natural Style in Landscape Gardening 



persons who daily inhabit the former. Yes, to be 

 sure; but it seems to be in the furniture. The 

 illusion is so powerful that no one can escape it. 

 Even a dog feels it; and the dullest mind is sure 

 to find that the house deserted by human beings is 

 haunted by horrible ghosts. So strongly does the 

 mind respond to this condition of desolation. 



All this argument carries over directly to the 

 garden. For, though many people do not feel it 

 nor make it true, the garden is just as much a part 

 of the home as the library or billiard room. And 

 the very reason why some folks do not find it so is 

 that the garden, like the tenantless house, lies open, 

 bleak and unfurnished, to the cold wind or the 

 burning sun. This condition is commoner in 

 American gardens than in those of Europe. In our 

 land the garden seems to be considered solely a 

 field of horticultural experiments, — a place to grow 

 trees or shrubs or pretty flowers, — a spot to be 

 looked at occasionally and admired rather than a 

 place to be lived in constantly and enjoyed. 



To tell the whole truth, of course, it would be 

 necessary to say that there are a few gardens in 



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