124 THU GREENING PICTORIAL SYSTEM OP LANDSCAPE GARDENING 



Plate 179 



A JAPANESE GARDEN 



In a level country a Japanese garden is very interesting. The senses 

 become oppressed with the sameness of flatness, and the delicate art of 

 manufacturing scenery diversifies the landscape by introducing miniature 

 lakes, rivers, mountains, etc.; and the trees and shrubs are dwarfed by the 

 Greening System of summer pruning to preserve a constructive ratio. 

 Probably the most elaborate example of a Japanese garden in this country 

 is that in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. The above is a design by one 

 of my assistants. It is built on ground that was level as a billiard table, 

 but by framing it with shrubs and hedges the outside world was shut out 

 and a little world of picturesque scenery was created within. There is a 

 chain of lakes connected with narrow necks of water, one of which is 

 crossed by a small bow-bridge; a floral rockery, covered with Alpine plants, 



between the house and formal garden; a formal garden filled with roses 

 and flowering plants; a pergola with Tuscan columns as shown on the 

 opposite page; a vegetable garden masked with shrubs; a tea-house of 

 rustic construction and furnished with tables and chairs of similar design; 

 and a ravine running the full length of the yard. The water is supplied by 

 tapping the water-pipe near the entrance to the pergola, where it feeds a 

 fountain and cascades down to the lake. The overflow is conducted by a 

 little stream to the barn sewer. The sidewalk approaching the house and 

 the one from the house to the barn, are of cement; the rest of the walk 

 system is of clay gravel as is also the carriage entrance. The shrubs are 

 of hardy varieties and give a succession of bloom from earliest spring to 

 late fall. Taken altogether this is a very satisfactory garden and it has 

 been greatly enjoyed by its owner and his family. 



