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True and False Originality in 

 Garden Design 



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The only "unique" garden among these 

 great estates is shown in Fig. 15 and even 

 there it grows out of the necessities of the 

 case, for something had to be done with this 

 abandoned quarry and why not grow rock- 

 loving flowers? It is unique only because 

 people do not commonly own quarries. 

 There is something vastly more important 

 than the unique, viz., the typical. This 

 garden is typical because rocks suggest rock 

 gardening, and because its surroundings are 

 wild, and the picture shows how both ideas 

 are allowed to grow right out of the soil 

 and develop themselves to the fullest. False 

 originality would "grade up" the old quarry 

 and make a carriage turn with a mound of 

 cobblestones in the centre covered by 

 nasturtiums, or else a "rockery" made 

 out of artificial stone in an attempt to grow 

 all the rare flowers of the Alps. 



Even in the city and suburban backyard 

 there is a chance for fitness. Here there is 

 no room to create a broad country-like view, 

 but even in a 25 x 35 ft. backyard the 

 main principle of landscape gardening applies 

 — the open lawn with massed planting at 

 the sides. False originality scatters plants 

 about, or puts them in rows, or makes flower 

 beds in the middle of the grass. And the 

 application of the law of fitness to the back- 

 yard is this: Let your backyard express your 

 own personality — not a vain imitation of 

 another's, as carpet bedding is. If you enjoy 

 pets and animals and only do gardening 

 from a sense of duty, then don't have a 

 garden — simply have a lawn. But go in 

 for something! Have a hobby. Everyman 

 of us ought to be compelled by law to have 

 one for his own health and peace of mind. 



And if you are interested in gardening 

 remember that all the ridiculous things folks 

 do in gardening are the results of fancy — 

 not imagination — which manifests itself in 

 three ways: 



1. In straining after the unique instead 

 of the typical; which results in strange, 

 eccentric things. 



2. In desiring complexity of design instead 

 of simplicity; which results in elaborate 

 carpet bedding instead of borders of hardy 

 flowers. 



3. In desiring display instead of privacy; 

 which results in pretentious formal gardens 

 instead of gardens that have the atmosphere 

 of peace and of affectionate home life. 



The reader who desires further particulars about the 

 eighteen gardens here pictured will find them in the back 

 numbers of Country Life in America and of The Garden 

 Magazine, files of which are perhaps accessible in your 

 public library. If not, perhaps back numbers may be 

 secured. Fig. 1, etc., refer to illustrations in the present 

 article. Other numbers refer to volume and page. C. L.= 

 Country Life in America. G. M.=Garden Magazine. 



(1) C. L., 5: 408, Mar., 1904— (2) C. L., 9: 45, Nov., 

 1905— (3) C. L., 7: 485, Mar., 1905— (4) C. L., 2: 101, 

 Mar., 1903— (5) C. L., 2: 98, July, 1902— (6) C. L., 7: 

 493, Mar., 1905— (7)G. M., 2: 271, Jan., 1906— (8) C. L., 

 9: 528, Mar., 1906— (9) C. L., 12: 43, May, 1907— (10) 

 C. L., 7: 480, Mar., 1905— (11) C. L., 3: 204, Mar., 1903 

 —(12) C. L., 7: 474, Mar., 1905— (13) C. L., 4: 339, 

 Sep. 1903— (14) C. L., 7: 470, Mar., 1905— (15) C. L.,4: 

 341, Sep., 1903— (16) G. M., 3: 145, Apr., 1906— (17) C. 

 L., 4: 276, Aug., 1903— (18) G. M., 5: 147, Apr., 1907. 



