The Artist 



and art, have cultivated themselves in this 

 way. Indeed, as I said at the beginning 

 of my first chapter, few even recognize 

 the existence of gardening art as such. 

 Most of them, I fear, think that a landscape- 

 gardener is simply a combination of an en- 

 gineer and a gardener in the ordinary sense. 

 They know that he must understand hov/ to 

 drain soils and conduct water, and how to 

 build roads and make them convenient for 

 private or public use : but they think that 

 this is the whole of his work except to 

 choose plants which are individually fine 

 and place them where they will be individ- 

 ually effective. They do not see him as 

 an artist who, like the architect, considers 

 beauty and utihty together, and knows that 

 no amount of attention to details will pro- 

 duce beauty unless all details are arranged in 

 accordance with some broad artistic scheme 

 — unless they express some clear artistic 

 ideal. 



But the reform which has recently over- 

 taken us with regard to architecture is evi- 

 dently on its way along the sister path. 

 The tasks offered to the few real artists in 



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