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tion of the fundamental elements of the beauty of landscape. 

 Its only merit is the fact that trees and shrubs have been 

 planted; and this, to most minds, comprises the essence and 

 sum of the ornamentation of grounds. Every tree and bush 



is an individual alone, 



unattended, disconnected 

 from its environments, 

 and, therefore, meaning- 

 less. Such a yard is only 

 a nursery. 



The other plan (Fig. 6) 

 is a picture. The eye 

 catches its meaning at 

 once. The central idea is 



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5. The common or nursery way of 

 planting. 



the residence, with a free and open greensward in front of it. 

 The same trees and bushes that were scattered haphazard over 

 Fig. 5 are massed into a framework to give effectiveness to the 

 picture of home and comfort. This style of planting makes a 

 landscape, even though the area be no larger than a parlor. 

 The other style is only a collection of curious plants. The one 



has an instant and 

 abiding pictorial ef- 

 fect, which is restful 

 and satisfying: the 

 observer exclaims, 

 "What a beautiful 

 home this is!" The 

 other piques one's 

 curiosity, obscures 



6. The proper or pictorial type of planting. ^YiQ residence, di- 



vides and distracts the attention: the observer exclaims, "What 

 excellent lilac bushes are these !" 



An inquiry into the causes of the unlike impressions that one 

 receives from a given landscape and from a painting of it 



