Art Out-of-Doors 



which alone is truly Nature ; and the fur- 

 ther away we get from it the more imagina- 

 tion is needed to bring the elements of use 

 and beauty which Nature still supplies into 

 harmony with those which man has de- 

 veloped. 



\ The simplest house in the most rural situ- 

 ation needs at least that a path shall be car- 

 ried to its door ; and to do as much as cut 

 a path in the most pleasing possible way 

 needs a certain amount of imagination, of 

 art. How much more, then, is imagination 

 needed in such a task as the laying-out of 

 a great estate, where subordinate buildings 

 must be grouped around the chief one, and 

 all must be accommodated jto the unalterable 

 main natural features of the scene; where 

 a hundred minor natural features must be 

 harmoniously disposed ; where convenient 

 courses for feet and wheels must be provided ; 

 where gardens and orchards must be sup- 

 plied, water must be made at once useful and 

 ornamental, and every plant, whether large 

 or small, must be beautiful in the sense of 

 helping the beauty of the general effect ? 

 The stronger the desire to make so artificial 



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