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WHOSE WORDS AND DEEDS HAVE BEEN THE CHIEF INSPIRATION OP THIS 



BOOK, AND WHOSE SINGULARLY FELICITOUS EXPRESSION OF THEIR 



OWN PERSONAL FORCE AND CHARM SERVED EVER BUT TO 



EMPHASIZE THE FEW, SIMPLE UNDERLYING TRUTHS UPON 



WHICH ARE BASED ALL MANIFESTATIONS OP THE 



ART OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING, PROM THE 



MOST RESTRICTED TO THOSE OFFERING 



THE LARGEST POSSIBILITIES. 



