TEXTBOOK OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING 
of native landscape. Broadly stated his professional duties fall 
under three headings. 
1. To conserve and protect the landscape. 
2. To make it accessible to human beings. 
3. To interpret the landscape. 
Under the first head the landscape gardener cooperates with 
other agencies in the 
endeavor to secure ad- 
equate reserves of land 
and water (scenery) in 
various forms (state 
parks and forests, na- 
tional parks, forests and 
monuments, etc.) to 
protect these from mis- 
use and private exploi- 
tation (often a _ very 
serious task), to secure 
adequate financial main- 
tenance, and to provide 
the most efficient means 
ofadministration. Under 
this head fall also such 
matters as fish and game 
protection, the provision 
of wild life sanctuaries, 
the preservation of histor- 
ical and archaelogical 
antiquities and the im- 
measurably important 
problems of forest fire 
- protection. 
~. . In making the land- 
scape accessible the landscape engineer must first of all make sure 
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