PSYCHOLOGICALLY CONSIDERED 



actual dimensions counts for more, the 

 presence of living elements — grass, flowers, 

 trees, water, — counts for still more. In 

 the real landscape garden there is every- 

 thing to be enjoyed that the painted picture 

 has to give and much besides. 



It is evident also that the effects, rules 

 and limitations would be alike in the painted 

 picture and in the artificial landscape. Part 

 must be balanced against part, light must 

 balance shade, color must meet and har- 

 monize with color. If a good painting 

 produces a high degree of nervous or 

 muscular stimulation with a feeling of 

 repose, equilibrium, satisfaction, so does 

 the landscape architect's masterpiece. 



In my book on landscape gardening I 

 have shown that every good landscape 

 requires unity, variety, propriety, character 

 and finish. These qualities seem to me to 

 be fundamental, and to belong not to the 

 gardener's landscape alone, but to the 

 sculptor's statue or the lecturer's oration. 

 It seems hardly necessary here to define 

 these terms or to demonstrate these 

 qualities in the landscape. The ideas are 

 quite simple, and the application for the 

 most part obvious. 



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