Art Out-of-Doors 
slightest right, judged either by their aims 
or by their results, to be considered artists ; 
and to-day it is fallen into such disrepute 
that it is often replaced by “ landscape-ar- 
chitect. ” French usage supports this term, 
and it is in many respects a good one. But 
its derivative, “ landscape-architecture/ ’ is 
unsatisfactory ; and so, on the other hand, 
is “ landscape-artist/’ although “ landscape- 
art ” is a good general term. Perhaps the 
best we can do is to keep to “landscape- 
gardener,” trying to remember that it ought 
always to mean an artist and an artist only, 
but that this artist is not always called upon 
to design landscapes, either large or small, 
or even naturalistic gardens. 
The landscape-gardener, when his title is 
most appropriate, stands with the sculptor 
and the painter, in contrast to the architect, 
in that he takes his inspiration directly from 
Nature, working after the schemes and from 
the models which she supplies. But in some 
respects he stands quite alone. The painter 
works with actual colors, but with mere il- 
lusions of form, and the sculptor creates 
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