ON LANDSCAPE GARDENERS 



and 4 in the hands of men of limited taste, 

 led directly to what Professor Bailey has 

 aptly characterized as the "nursery style" 

 of landscape gardening. 



5. Considerable numbers of fruit trees 

 were used on the grounds, being placed in 

 such a manner as to become a part of the 

 decorative scheme. 



We shall see in a moment that modern 

 taste has confirmed and extended Principle 

 I. Numbers 2, 3 and 4 have been almost 

 reversed, and Number 5 has been neglected. 

 The older and more conservative land- 

 scape gardeners of the present moment, 

 however, hold rather closely to these 

 principles of Downing as here deduced 

 from the work of Scott. 



Before leaving this discussion of 

 Downing's methods it is proper to inquire 

 their source. Downing did not originate 

 them, however great his originality may 

 have been. We may easily recall the fact 

 that Downing traveled in England, and 

 that he most cordially admired the land- 

 scape gardening which he saw there. Let 

 us remember further that this was the 

 time of Edward Kemp; and a comparison 

 of the work of these two men will show 



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