. European and Japanese gardens; papers read before the American Institute of Architects .. . M. m \m a^m Bar ^i^ mtP ■BB cask yrHE mam 0J S3 IP f0,9^dl rail ^^t^im»jmJr ^anauKMSHv nhauBKBiUBflF %^*BiaMaakM0 S ■J toward different results. As an abstract and academic ques-tion, controversy as to their relative merits is without signifi-cance or reason. Such discussion has its place only where specific prob-lems are pre-sented for solu-tion. It is, ofcourse, opento question,whether, uponthe site andwithin the lim-its of Mr. , orwith the sumwhich Mr. at thelandscape gar-deners d
. European and Japanese gardens; papers read before the American Institute of Architects .. . M. m \m a^m Bar ^i^ mtP ■BB cask yrHE mam 0J S3 IP f0,9^dl rail ^^t^im»jmJr ^anauKMSHv nhauBKBiUBflF %^*BiaMaakM0 S ■J toward different results. As an abstract and academic ques-tion, controversy as to their relative merits is without signifi-cance or reason. Such discussion has its place only where specific prob-lems are pre-sented for solu-tion. It is, ofcourse, opento question,whether, uponthe site andwithin the lim-its of Mr. , orwith the sumwhich Mr. at thelandscape gar-deners dispo-sal, or in theclimate andwith the partic-ular surround-ings of Mr. , a formalor a pictur-esque treat-ment will bebest. I hold nobrief for the Ital-ian formal gar-den as againstthe park andwild-wood. Ihave simplytried to setforth the con-ditions under which it came into being, the artistic principleswhich controlled its design, and some of the methods anddevices which produced the results attained. Some of theerrors and defects of these methods I have suggested ; othersare
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