THB GRBBN I N G LANDSCAPE 



A WATER SCENE 



Water scenery is always pleasing, whether seen in the angry 

 mood of a torrent or in the shimmering sheen of a quiet pool. 

 In this instance the surface is so glassy that all there is above it 

 of sky and cloud is clearly mirrored. The reflection of the trees 

 is remarkable for its perfect fidelity to nature. It was amid such 

 scenes of quiet introspection that Wordsworth, Coleridge and 

 Southey, who have become known to us as the " Lake Poets," 

 wrought in rhyme their rhapsodies of song". The paragraph on 

 gardening at the beginning of this book is by Wordsworth. 



The trees in the background are Oak and Maple; in front 

 of them is a variety of Snowball known in some localities as 

 Highbush Cranberry, and in others by its beautiful Indian name 

 of Pembina. The plants on the water's edge are Iris, Hibiscus, 

 and Lobelia Cardinalis. 



A NEGLECTED APPROACH 



This is a neglected entrance-way that otherwise would be 

 very beautiful. There should be a border of sod eighteen 

 inches wide next to the walk, and lower shrubs should have 

 been used in the foreground. The tree on the right border is a 

 sycamore that will in time kill off all the shrubs near it. The 

 white-flowering shrub at its base is a Bridal Wreath Spiraea, 

 and it should be with its companion further back. Altogether 

 it shows very poor taste in arrangement, and this picture is 

 introduced as an object lesson on " How not to do it." 



This subject is an example of what frequently happens when 

 people without garden experience do their own planning and 

 planting, without a thorough study of the situation; and it is 

 the design of this book to help owners avoid mistakes and over- 

 come obstacles. In gardening, as in other lines of art, the 

 creative faculty must be cultivated by meditation on the work in 

 hand, and on large landscape propositions it pays to engage a 

 professional "meditator" on the subject of landscape construc- 

 tion. A properly constructed garden lasts a lifetime, and it is 

 false economy to plant a disheveled mass of shrubs on a crazy- 

 quilt sort of a plan, when a similar or smaller investment at 

 one time will secure an artistic garden picture. 



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Plate 70. A Neglected Approach 



