Art Out-of-Doors 
rection. And, moreover, a true apprecia- 
tion of the charms of formality would profit 
our landscape - work itself. Giving us a 
clearer insight into the true character of 
each artistic ideal, it would help us to use 
formal elements well when they are needed 
in naturalistic work, and to dispense with 
them altogether when they are needless and 
therefore inharmonious, inartistic. 
Not nearly so many books have been 
written about gardening as about the sister- 
arts, yet there is a considerable amount of 
gardening literature in the English language. 
Of course even a very true love for inani- 
mate beauty does not imply a spirit necessa- 
rily gentle, sane, and sweet in all its mani- 
festations. Yet we cannot believe that men 
are actually made narrow and unjust by de- 
votion to the most peaceful of the arts — the 
one which brings them into closest contact 
with Nature’s ah-embracing patience, kind- 
ness, and serenity, and takes them farthest 
from the heated arenas where human pas- 
sions meet and struggle together. And, 
therefore, it seems strange that more nar- 
