LANDSCAPE GARDENING 
LESSON 1 
INTRODUCTION 
HE purpose of this lesson is to define certain ele- 
mentary terms and present certain general princi- 
ples necessary to an understanding of subsequent 
lessons. 
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Definition 
Landscape gardening (called also landscape 
architecture, landscape engineering or landscape design) is the art 
of improving land for human use and enjoyment in such a manner 
as to combine the maximum of utility with the maximum of beauty. 
Art 
In this definition the term art signifies fine art in distinction 
from the practical arts or hand-crafts. The definition implies that 
landscape gardening is a sister art with painting, sculpture, archi- 
tecture and music. There are, in fact, may points of close resem- 
blance amongst all these arts. 
Art is the pursuit of beauty. The effort to realize beauty in 
any medium is art. Sweet sounds harmoniously combined con- 
stitute music; beautiful or noble ideas beautifully expressed in 
metrical language are poetry; beautiful forms and colors pleasingly 
united on canvas are painting; beautiful trees, hills and water 
arranged to make an attractive picture are landscape gardening. 
Beauty is the end of art. 
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