. European and Japanese gardens; papers read before the American Institute of Architects .. . owards a pleasant scene. Again, a group of elms at the end 92 European and Japanese Gardens of a place may simply serve as a backt^round, a threat drop-scene, which finishes the view and lea\es one in doubt as tohow much more there may be beyond. Many a small place oftwo or three acres gives an impression at once of seclusion andof size, because the great trees ]3re\ent ones seeing what liesbeyond. The larger places will, of course, have their copseand woodland ; but e\en here the marks of axe, mattoc
. European and Japanese gardens; papers read before the American Institute of Architects .. . owards a pleasant scene. Again, a group of elms at the end 92 European and Japanese Gardens of a place may simply serve as a backt^round, a threat drop-scene, which finishes the view and lea\es one in doubt as tohow much more there may be beyond. Many a small place oftwo or three acres gives an impression at once of seclusion andof size, because the great trees ]3re\ent ones seeing what liesbeyond. The larger places will, of course, have their copseand woodland ; but e\en here the marks of axe, mattock andsaw show that thoroughness and care, and that eye to profitwhich per\ade e\erything ; for dead wood is always clearedout, the spindling trees are felled, the brushwood is cut and tiedin fagots. Everywhere there are signs of an old industry, awell-worked countr), where e\erything must be turned toaccount. When one wanders through English gardens andfeels all their delight, one cannot but be conxinced that com-mon-sense and thrift are the roots on which the beauty hasgrown and A HEDGE GATEWAY 93 FRENCH GARDENING AND ITS MASTER 5v John Galen Howard
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