PSYCHOLOGICALLY CONSIDERED 



is often beautiful. Whether or not we 

 would call it a work of art, a good native 

 landscape appeals to the same aesthetic 

 faculties and produces the same psycholo- 

 gical effects as does a noble piece of archi- 

 tecture. The landscape gardener ought 

 to know the beauties of natural landscape 

 — ^that's plain enough; — but the psycholo- 

 gist studying beauty or the critic studying 

 art ought to learn what there is in land- 

 scape that delights us. 



The beauty of landscape is capable 

 of this simple demonstration, that men are 

 willing to pay for it. The little railroad 

 carries thousands of persons up Pike's 

 Peak, whither passengers go to see the 

 world; and a good view of the Sound adds 

 five thousand dollars to the price of a 

 building lot in Greenwich or Stamford, 

 Conn. The money value of landscape in 

 the real estate market is too well known 

 to be dwelt upon further. 



The professional landscape gardener 

 makes landscapes for his customers as a 

 painter paints portraits. He receives his 

 fee, and he is worthy of his hire. He de- 

 livers to his client, if he is an honest man, 

 something of value; and the value which he 



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