. Manual of gardening : a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . Gardening. 58 MANUAL OF GARDENING Review We have now discussed some of the principles and applica- tions of landscape architecture or landscape gardening, par- ticularly in reference to the planting. The ob- ject of landscape garden- ing is to make a -picture. All the grading, seeding, planting, are incidental and supplemental to this one central idea. The greensward is the canvas, the house or some other prominent point is the. 53. An enclosure for lawn gam
. Manual of gardening : a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . Gardening. 58 MANUAL OF GARDENING Review We have now discussed some of the principles and applica- tions of landscape architecture or landscape gardening, par- ticularly in reference to the planting. The ob- ject of landscape garden- ing is to make a -picture. All the grading, seeding, planting, are incidental and supplemental to this one central idea. The greensward is the canvas, the house or some other prominent point is the. 53. An enclosure for lawn games. central figure, the planting completes the composition and adds the color. The second conception is the prin- ciple that the -picture should have a landscape effect. That is, it should be nature-like. Carpet-beds are masses of color, not pictures. They are the little garnishings and reliefs that are to be used very cautiously, as little eccentricities and conventionalisms in a building should never be more than very minor features. Every other concept in landscape gardening is subordinate to these two. Some of the most important of these secondary yet underlying considera- tions-are as follows:—; The place is to be conceived of as a unit not pleasing, ask an architect to improve Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York : Macmillan Co.
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