190 Hints on Landscape Gardening 



ell (yard) above the earth. The strongest branches 

 are nine feet in circumference. 



The last plate, XLIV, gives a view of my cot- 

 tage in the garden of the hunting castle, a quiet, 

 secluded spot, vi? hence I bid a hearty farewell to 

 the amiable reader, if he has held out so far with 

 this dry matter, sincerely hoping that my small 

 efforts may have been of some service to those 

 who have devoted themselves to the same hobby, 

 and also that I have drawn the attention of others 

 to an occupation which perhaps has appeared to 

 them in too subordinate a light. For when once 

 the landowner has begun to idealize his prop- 

 erty, he will soon become aware that cultivation 

 of the soil will secure for him not only pecuniary 

 advantage, but also, real artistic delight, and how 

 thankful Nature is to him who dedicates his 

 powers wiih love. So then, if each one does his 

 best for his own tirelessly and thoroughly, and 

 the thousand facets combine easily and well to 

 form one ring, the lovable dream of the St. Si- 

 monians might become true of a universal cult 

 of our mother earth. For this purpose, however, 

 it would be well to turn aside a little from these 

 sad politics, which absorb everything and give so 

 little in return, and revert a little more to happy 

 art, whose service is in itself a reward ; since for 

 the ruling of the State we cannot all strive. But 

 to seek to improve himself and his property is 

 in the power of each one of us, and it is even a 

 question whether in such a simple manner, in 

 honest and homely endeavor, the so-much-de- 



