In short, the landscape gardener's task 's 'o 

 produce beautiful pictures. Nature supplies him 

 with the materials, aZivaijs giving him vitality, light, 

 atmosphere, color, and details, and often lovely or 

 imposing forms in the conformation of the soil; 

 and she Tvill see to the thorough finishing of his 

 design. But the design is the main thing, and the 

 design must he of his or»n conceiving. 



Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, 



"Art Out-of-Doors" 



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