ON LANDSCAPE GARDENERS 



nor to his correspondents, who are willing 

 to express any opinion of it, so that it may 

 be characterized in any manner at the 

 present time. 



It is generally recognized that a great 

 deal is done for the art of landscape gar- 

 dening by those who are not professionally 

 engaged in designing. The park superin- 

 tendents especially have much to do with 

 the progress of the art. In their number 

 Messrs. J. A. Pettigrew, of Boston; George 

 A. Parker, of Hartford, and Theodore 

 Wirth, of Minneapolis, are recognized as 

 men of eminent abilities. Prof. L. H. 

 Bailey has done much through his writings 

 to popularize sound principles of good taste 

 in private gardening. In the same way 

 much was accomplished through the able 

 and courageous preaching of the late W. A. 

 Stiles, of Prof. C. S. Sargent, and that 

 group of enthusiasts who found a pleasant 

 and inspiring exchange for ten years in 

 the weekly issues of "Garden and Forest." 



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