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MANUAL OF GARDENING 



not, by accident, allow some tree to grow, were it not that it 

 is so ! 



Of course these remarks about the lawn are meant for those 

 countries where greensward is the natural ground cover. In 

 the South and in arid countries, greensward is not the prevail- 

 ing feature of the landscape, and in these regions the landscape 

 design may take on a wholly different character, if the work is 

 to be nature-hke. We have not yet developed other concep- 

 tions of landscape work to any perfect extent, and we inject the 



Enghsh greensward treatment even into deserts. We may 

 look for the time when a brown landscape garden may be made 

 in a brown country ; and it may be good art not to attempt a 

 broad open center in regions in which undergrowth rather than 

 sod is the natural ground cover. In parts of the United States 

 we are developing a good Spanish- American architecture ; per- 

 haps we may develop a recognized comparable landscape treat- 

 ment as an artistic expression. 



Birds; and cats. 



The picture in the landscape is not complete without birds, 

 and the birds should comprise more species than English 



