Japanese Landscape Gardening 



of secondary importance. Hill 3, placed on the opposite side 

 of No. I, occupies a part of the foreground. It is intended to 

 represent a lower hill or spur divided from the principal moun- 

 tain by a lowland. The lowland is supposed to be occupied by 

 a hamlet, road, or stream. It must be planted with a few trees 

 or shrubs of thick foliage, so as to give an idea of a sheltered 

 and inhabited dale. Hill 4 is a small eminence, generally dis- 



THE MIKADO'S GARDEN 



posed in the near foreground, which forms a part of the hill- 

 side. Hill 5 is placed in the farther end of the garden, in such 

 manner that one can have a view of it between Hills i and 2. 

 As this hill is intended to look like a distant peak, it must be 

 executed so as to have a precipitous appearance, while its bot- 

 tom must be covered perfectly to give only a suggestion of 

 foreground. The illustration shows ten important types of 

 rock-stones, of which the following is an explanation : 



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