The Natural Style in Landscape Gardening 



tioner is (1) to conserve the native landscape, (2) 

 to restore the landscape where it has been need- 

 lessly despoiled, (3) to improve and clarify the 

 existing examples of native landscape, (4) to make 

 the landscape physically accessible to all men, 

 women and children, (5) to make it intellectually 

 intelligible, and (6) to give spiritual interpretation 

 to the landscape. This is a great and glorious 

 charge. As we have said, it falls primarily upon 

 the professional landscape gardeners; for if they 

 do not understand and love the landscape, who 

 shall? And if they do not labor to conserve and 

 restore it, who will lift a hand? If they cannot 

 improve and clarify it, who can? If they cannot 

 make it physically and intellectually accessible, who 

 will show the way? And if they cannot give it a 

 spiritual interpretation then the whole effort fails 

 at last. 



Now all these great duties devolve on all land- 

 scape gardeners, but most especially on those who 

 know and love the naturalistic form of landscape 

 design. These duties will fall on these men some- 

 times as matters of public responsibility. There 



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