A GARDEN IN THE NATURAL STYLE 
describe particular landscape motives in his own neighborhood. 
When such a motive is found the student should then isolate several 
episodes (possible paragraphs) showing various aspects of the motive. 
This sort of practice is suggested further in the lesson entitled “‘The 
Landscape Links,’ Lesson XX, page 800. 
After such preliminary study the student should undertake to 
lay out small tracts of land in the natural style. First attempts 
should be made upon sections of natural landscape on which only 
minor improvements will be required. From such problems one 
may proceed to larger areas, to more varied topography, to more 
complex motives, and to conditions where a larger proportion of 
the work has to be done out of hand — where extensive grading and 
planting operations are involved. 
As this natural style covers so large a part of what is popularly 
understood as landscape gardening it will be well for the student 
to spend considerable time on this subject, working up several prob- 
lems. 
Readings 
Wauau, The Natural Style in Landscape Gardening. 
Downinc, Landscape Gardening. 
HUBBARD AND KIMBALL, Landscape Design, Part IV. 
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