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 to 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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