Japanese Landscape Gardening 
of secondary importance. Hill 3, placed on the opposite side 
of No. 1, occupies a part of the foreground. It is intended to 
represent a lower hill or spur divided from the principal moun¬ 
tain by a lowland. The lowland is supposed to be occupied by 
a hamlet, road, or stream. It must be planted with a few trees 
or shrubs of thick foliage, so as to give an idea of a sheltered 
and inhabited dale. Hill 4 is a small eminence, generally dis- 
THE MIKADO’S GARDEN 
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posed in the near foreground, which forms a part of the hill¬ 
side. Hill 5 is placed in the farther end of the garden, in such 
manner that one can have a view of it between Hills 1 and 2. 
As this hill is intended to look like a distant peak, it must be 
executed so as to have a precipitous appearance, while its bot¬ 
tom must be covered perfectly to give only a suggestion of 
foreground. The illustration shows ten important types of 
rock-stones, of which the following is an explanation : 
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