ELEMENTS OF LANDSCAPE DESIGN 13 



as single figures or groups, was used with planting 

 in the gardens where architecture was not the con- 

 trolling feature or where the architectural element 

 was at some distance. These same phases con- 

 tinue in the later gardens of Prance and England, 

 as ' at Versailles, Eontainebleau, St. Cloud, and 

 Wilton House. 



In America sculpture has appeared at a dis- 

 advantage. It is used in a civic way rather than 

 in gardens, and here, as a rule, it does not enter 

 into the design of the park or square in which it is 

 located, although it most certainly should. This 

 sculpture is generally introduced from patriotic 

 rather than from esthetic motives, as may easily 

 be understood after the examination of a few ex- 

 amples. 



In "Washington, D. C, an attempt is being made 

 to correct this incongruity between the sculpture 

 and its surroundings by the rearrangement of 

 planting and walks. 



Lincoln Park, Washington, has been helped 

 greatly in this way. The landscape-architect who 

 directed the work did not introduce any new ele- 

 ments, but rearranged the jumble which he found 

 already there, with most satisfactory results. 



