26z GARDENS : THEIR FORM AND DESIGN 



men and women. In such instances the garden crafts- 

 woman will be able to submit a perspective drawing, 

 whereby the whole future transformation can be understood 

 by all. 



Another more child-like way of representation is by 

 means of a miniature model, of earth or plaster, of the 

 garden as it will be. Trees and plants are shown by 

 means of twigs and pieces of plants stuck upright 

 in the small earth-beds upon the model. 



How best can a lady acquire training and develop 

 imagination sufficiently to make a success of this branch 

 of Art ? The following notes, which have already been 

 found useful by some young people, may form perhaps a 

 working outline for others. They only follow, however, 

 upon a sound course of practical land-survey lessons at a 

 college. 



How TO ADD AN ArTISTIC AND PERSONAL ToUCH TO 



College Studies. 



One of our greatest painters, G. F. Watts, was in the 

 habit of saying to a young student : " Go and look at the 

 Old Masters, not to copy them, but to admire them : look 

 at Nature and be yourself. Learn the principles of Art, 

 but never mind about the rules ; they may be broken, and 

 are, by every great painter. The principles are funda- 

 mental." So, too, must the craftswoman in garden 

 design build up on that which has gone before. Primarily, 

 therefore, read as many of the books (such as those 

 mentioned in the Appendix) as is possible ; and above all, 

 when the smallest thing strikes you as good, either in a 

 book, in the wild woods of Nature, or in cultivated gardens, 

 note it down. Make careful drawings or tracings of those 

 plans or sketches of gardens which represent various 

 historic dates. Keep all these and have them neatly 

 arranged in a small show-book, which you can take to 



