Art Out-of-Doors 



rection. And, moreover, a true apprecia- 

 tion of the charms of formahty would profit 

 our landscape - work itself. Giving us a 

 clearer insight into the true character of 

 each artistic ideal, it would help us to use 

 formal elements well when they are needed 

 in naturalistic work, and to dispense with 

 them altogether when they are needless and 

 therefore inharmonious, inartistic. 



Not nearly so many books have been 

 written about gardening as about the sister- 

 arts, yet there is a considerable amount of 

 gardening literature in the English language. 

 Of course even a very true love for inani- 

 mate beauty does not imply a spirit necessa- 

 rily gentle, sane, and sweet in all its mani- 

 festations. Yet we cannot believe that men 

 are actually made narrow^ and unjust by de- 

 votion to the most peaceful of the arts — the 

 one which brings them into closest contact 

 with Nature's all-embracing patience, kind- 

 ness, and serenity, and takes them farthest 

 from the heated arenas vvhere human pas- 

 sions meet and struggle together. And, 

 therefore, it seems strange that more nar- 



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