Chap. II.] 



THE PARC MONOEAU. 



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this fact before our eyes, the nearer will be our approach to truth 

 and success. 



We should compose from Nature, as landscape artists do. We 

 may have in our gardens — and without making wildernesses of 



CASTOR-OIL PLANT. 



Showtng one yearns growth in European climate ; type of tender plants thai make vigorous 

 groiuth in open air in summer. 



them — all the shade, the relief, the grace, the beauty, and nearly 

 all the irregularity of Nature. This bold growth of " fine-foliaged 

 plants " has shown us that one of the greatest mistakes ever made 

 in the garden was the adoption of a few varieties of plants for 



