House & Garden 
The difference between the landscape of 
unkempt woods and bare fields so common to 
America, and the rural scenery of older coun¬ 
tries— the scenery of forest trees, pruned 
hedge-rows, and walled gardens—is not so 
much a matter of climate as it is a matter of 
cultivation. England, for instance, has been 
the home of civilized man for a longer time 
than has America, and it is because more of 
man’s thought and work has gone into the 
English landscape that it has such a distinct¬ 
ive charm. Here, we know all about gardens, 
but as a nation we are just beginning to feel 
the possibilities of their application to our 
own case. The present interest in gardens 
manifested by our magazines, our sumptuous 
books and by photographers’ pictures of suc¬ 
cessful examples, cannot but indicate a gen¬ 
eral demand for practical information upon 
the subject. Perhaps America, long con¬ 
spicuous among the world’s nations for her 
commercial proclivities, has tired of so one¬ 
sided a reputation and, in looking about for 
fresh fields to conquer, has taken to the 
wholesome task of beautifying her land and 
enjoying the fruits of her prosperity. It 
needs but a comparison with older coun¬ 
tries to show how little we have taken 
advantage of the pleasures that may be 
derived from the gardener’s art and how 
much the out-of-door aspect of our country 
may be improved. 
THE GARDEN 
