GARDEN DESIGN 



v^ and trees — the country gentleman, or 

 any keen student and lover of Nature^ 

 The landscape gardener of the present 

 day is not always what we admire, his 

 work often looking more like that of 

 an engineer. His gardening near the 

 house is usually a repetition of the 

 decorative work of the house, of which 

 I hope many artistic people are already 

 tired. And as I think people will 

 eventually see the evil and the waste- 

 fulness of this " decorative " stuff, and 

 spend their money on really beautiful 

 and artistic things, so I think the same 

 often - repeated "knots" and frivolous 

 patterns must leave the artistic garden, 

 and simpler and dignified forms take 

 their place. 



To endeavour to apply any one 

 preconceived plan or general idea to 

 every site is folly, and the source 

 of many blunders. The authors are 

 not blind to the absurdities of the 



