Art Out-of-Doors 



the artistic merits which characterize the 

 suburban place where art has planted, com- 

 posed, created. Here, too, are breadth and 

 miity of effect, repose, simplicity, and con- 

 sistent character, and yet variety, mystery, 

 contrasts, and surprises. Here, where no 

 professed artist has worked, no botanical or 

 horticultural knowledge has been needed, 

 and no gardener at all is kept, the eye rests 

 upon a work of art ; for Nature has been 

 cajoled into doing real gardening work by 

 the bribe of artistic non-interference on the 

 part of man. 



Of course the creation of the one place 

 has needed more knowledge, more time, 

 more skill, and a more experienced taste 

 than what I have called the disengagement 

 of the other. But the second task was, in 

 essence, just as artistic. Blundering execu- 

 tion would have been almost as fatal here as 

 there : and, besides, the mere conception of 

 such a piece of work — the mere choice of 

 aim and method — gave proof of remarka- 

 ble good taste. It is easier to understand 

 that much must be done than that little may 

 be done and yet a good work of art result ; 

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