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but this attractiveness should be secondary to the 

 more important interest of those who are gazing 

 out from within. 



In the planting of large parks or public proper- 

 ties the consideration of varying points of view 

 is found to greater extent perhaps than in any 

 other problems which the landscape-architect may 

 undertake. These are often of small extent, oc- 

 cur generally at the intersection or radiation of 

 streets, and are seen from a number of different 

 points of approach. It is very essential that the 

 pafk should appear in an equally favorable light 

 from any one of these approaches, and its compo- 

 sition must therefore be much more carefully 

 studied than an off -scape, which is to be seen from 

 one position only. 



Planting is often employed in architectural 

 composition to carry out the lines of a design and 

 to unify the general impression. It gives a 

 greater breadth to this impression and emphasizes 

 the salient features. It furn ishes an easy transi - 

 tion from on £. building ^ another, and is a great 

 help in hamionizing groujps £f buildings of differ- 

 ent t3 ^es. 



A sense of fitness is so evidently lacking in num- 



