The Artist 
and art, have cultivated themselves in this 
way. Indeed, as I said at the beginning 
of my first chapter, few even recognize 
the existence of gardening art as such. 
Most of them, I fear, think that a landscape- 
gardener is simply a combination of an en- 
gineer and a gardener in the ordinary sense. 
They know that he must understand how to 
drain soils and conduct water, and how to 
build roads and make them convenient for 
private or public use ; but they think that 
this is the whole of his work except to 
choose plants which are individually fine 
and place them where they will be individ- 
ually effective. They do not see him as 
an artist who, like the architect, considers 
beauty and utility together, and knows that 
no amount of attention to details will pro- 
duce beauty unless all details are arranged in 
accordance with some broad artistic scheme 
— unless they express some clear artistic 
ideal. 
But the reform which has recently over- 
taken us with regard to architecture is evi- 
dently on its way along the sister path. 
The tasks offered to the few real artists in 
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