. European and Japanese gardens; papers read before the American Institute of Architects .. . es of works for his royal master Louis XIV of his important designs were at Sceaux, Meudon, Chan-tilly, and St. Cloud. In closing this hasty sketch, I can hardly do better thanto quote, in translating, from that fascinating work, Lcsjardins,by M. Mangin, to which I am largely indebted for the facts Ihave presented. M. Mangin says, in speaking of Le Notre :— What he accomplished was to naturalize in France the classicstyle, that of the century of Augustus and of the from b
. European and Japanese gardens; papers read before the American Institute of Architects .. . es of works for his royal master Louis XIV of his important designs were at Sceaux, Meudon, Chan-tilly, and St. Cloud. In closing this hasty sketch, I can hardly do better thanto quote, in translating, from that fascinating work, Lcsjardins,by M. Mangin, to which I am largely indebted for the facts Ihave presented. M. Mangin says, in speaking of Le Notre :— What he accomplished was to naturalize in France the classicstyle, that of the century of Augustus and of the from breaking with tradition, Le Notre was on the contraryits most eminent representative in modern times, and his supe-riority over his immediate forerunners comes from the fact thatalthough the faithful disciple of the old masters, he knew howto draw inspiration from their lessons without copying theirworks. n ^^S fc^ ^ ggg| 1 lir =^^ni i^^HH le^ -^-P ^^^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ J •r. ^»^ ^^ In V • ^•/yJ^Jq^ jk_ ae^^ THE TERRACE AT ST. GERMAIN 128 JAPANESE LANDSCAPE GARDENING By K. Honda I. JAPANESE LANDSCAPE GARDENING (Notes to the Lantern Slides)By K. HONDA MEMBER OF THE JAPANESE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY TN Japan we have many types of garden constructionwhich have been described by different authors. In thispaper we confine ourselves to the most important andinteresting designs chosen from the best sources. The south is always considered the most suitable ex-posure for dwellings among Japanese, as the summer breezegenerally prevails from this direction. This idea is so well ob-
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