Art Out-of-Doors 
out affecting the nicer elegancies of art.” 
Too often, on similar sites, these nicer ele- 
gancies are sought, and, mingling with the 
wild Pindaric local strains which they can- 
not extinguish, produce an inartistic, be- 
cause an inharmonious, effect. 
I have cited these two cases to show that 
exceptional men, if they take time and 
trouble, if they work slowly, carefully, and 
lovingly enough, may master difficult prob- 
lems in the art of gardening. And, of 
course, what can be done on a large scale 
can more easily be done on a small scale. 
Nevertheless, it must not be thought that I 
mean it is wise, on general principles, to 
dispense with professional help. I mean 
just the opposite. I have cited these two 
cases for encouragement ; now, for right in- 
struction, I will say that they are the only 
two I have ever seen where, without profes- 
sional help — or at least without the advice of 
men well experienced in artistic composition 
of some sort — an amateur has laid out his 
domain with entire success. Well-designed 
large country-places, devoid of conspicuous 
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