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dark golden brown 
waxed and polished. 
Large sums of money 
are spent on beautiful 
houses as well as on 
gardens surrounding 
them, hut in too many 
instances the tout en¬ 
semble is unsatisfac¬ 
tory, while a modest 
dwelling of compara¬ 
tively moderate cost 
may become the very 
acme of artistic feeling 
in its harmonious sur¬ 
roundings, convincing 
one of the truth of my 
opening quotation. 
For years our gar¬ 
dens have suffered at 
the hands of charlatans 
in the professions of 
landscape architec¬ 
ture, and landscape 
gardening; more espe¬ 
cially is this true of the latter. I he underlying ten¬ 
ets of these professions spell beauty—picturesque¬ 
ness—repose. Hence, familiarity with the forms and 
habits of flowering plants, of shrubs and trees; the 
conditions of their most favorable growth and most 
effective combination; their massing or setting to 
enhance their owm beauties as w'ell as to form an 
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integral part of the whole; a true appreciation of the 
values of unbroken stretches and vistas are some of 
the requirements of tlie successful landscapist. To 
encompass these results, under the most discourag¬ 
ing condition of nature and environment, proves the 
true artist, and his meed of praise should he in direct 
ratio, as is the magnitude of the obstacles overcome. 
