THE LANDSCAPE BEAUTIFUL 



Frank J. Scott. It is hardly necessary to 

 say that the present writer has not done all 

 this with reference to the work of Down- 

 ing, to say nothing of the hundreds of 

 able men who have succeeded to his pro- 

 fession in America. Once more, however, 

 the writer pleads the immeasurable im- 

 portance of this kind of criticism, and the 

 necessity of making a beginning some- 

 where. 



In undertaking a discussion of Ameri- 

 can landscape gardeners, we are forced to 

 traverse, in part, the same ground which 

 we have already covered in speaking of 

 American landscape gardening. In this 

 case, however, our point of view is alto- 

 gether different. Then we were tracing the 

 development of the art; now we shall try 

 to estimate the characters and achieve- 

 ments of the men. 



Professor Bailey names Andre Par- 

 mentier as the first professional landscape 

 gardener in America. However, the 

 naming of any man, in advance of Down- 

 ing, as the pioneer must, of course, be very 

 arbitrary; and with all due respect to the 

 excellent gardens and the able gardeners 

 of colonial days, we may fairly dismiss 



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