ON AMERICAN GARDENING 



favor of the broad effects of masses in 

 preference to a mere childlike exhibition of 

 curious details. William Morris Hunt, 

 George Inness, John La Farge, and nearly 

 all the most famous of modern American 

 painters exemplify this method. 



3. The period of spiritual representa- 

 tion. It is commonly recognized to be one 

 thing to picture the material masses which 

 the eye sees, and quite another to represent 

 the spiritual significance of such masses as 

 they appear to the sympathetic mind. It 

 is understood that some of the most suc- 

 cessful painters of the material world are 

 quite unable to open for us this higher 

 spiritual world. For it is generally recog- 

 nized to be a higher world, and to require 

 higher talents for its communication. 

 Whistler, John H. Twachtman and Mel- 

 chers may fairly be credited with this 

 superior ability. 



Now let us see what we can find in the 

 field of landscape architecture correspond- 

 ing to this evolution. 



I. We have the period of details fully 

 exemplified in Downing and his many fol- 

 lowers. Their gardening dealt almost 

 exclusively with specimen plants. These 



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