A Word for Architecture 
ful by the skilled work of a score of different 
artisans, should have an exterior of conso- 
nant expression ; and rough-hewn stones or 
roughly cemented bowlders cannot give this 
expression. 
But it is not only in country homes that 
our methods of using stone are often erro- 
neous. Country churches and public build- 
ings, and even the most ambitious city 
structures, frequently prove bad taste in 
this respect. Even in urban parks an ex- 
aggerated effort to adapt the architectural 
work to rural surroundings is a departure 
from genuine simplicity. A park is one of 
the most complicated and elaborate of artis- 
tic creations ; and its unity and beauty are 
impaired if any feature fails to show the 
same kind and degree of skill and refine- 
ment as are shown by those which accom- 
pany it. No matter how rural in character 
a park may be, or how pure and undisturbed 
the sylvan charm of some of its remoter 
parts, there is no place where all the work 
of man ought to be done with greater care, 
more perfect finish, or, very often (using 
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