. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. CHRYSANTHEMUM LADY FITZWYQRAM GROWN BY W. W. EDQAR, WAVERLEY, MASS. commonplace; and yet, the construction of landscape depends upon more funda- mental principles than gentle curves and the choice of fine plants. These alone do not satisfy the artistic sense. Much of the present style is due to the influence of large city parks, where we see beautiful scenery which we would gladly welcome at home. I have in mind one of the large fields in Hartford. There is a park and in it a broad, undulating, sloping meadow cove
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. CHRYSANTHEMUM LADY FITZWYQRAM GROWN BY W. W. EDQAR, WAVERLEY, MASS. commonplace; and yet, the construction of landscape depends upon more funda- mental principles than gentle curves and the choice of fine plants. These alone do not satisfy the artistic sense. Much of the present style is due to the influence of large city parks, where we see beautiful scenery which we would gladly welcome at home. I have in mind one of the large fields in Hartford. There is a park and in it a broad, undulating, sloping meadow covered with dry walk- able turf. It is a delight. A mass plant- ing stands on a hillock overlooking the meadow and many charming vistas are to be seen from this knoll. Imagine a house to grow up in the background ol this shrubbery. What a splendid spot to live in! Were such an habitation for every household, what beautiful Ameri- can homes! Can this unquestionably beautiful scenery be transplanted to ordinary resi- dences? There are two ways of attempt- ing it. The first is to treat several adjoining house-lots together, putting a whole section under one scheme. The second is to treat each property sepa- rately. Regarding these methods, let us remember how that the English love to own land and that landownership is beginning truly to be sought by Ameri- cans, and, therefore, any scheme which wholly ignores boundary lines in prop- erty is not likely to wear well, so that a better way is to combine the two meth- ods; that is, treat each lot both by itself and in relation to the neighborhood it is in. Does this, then, allow us to trans- plant nature? Partly. As animal beauty depends largely upon the health of the animal, so landscape beauty has its con- ditions of lile. Willingness to live where placed is a necessity to beauty. There- fore, to transplant natural landscape, the secret of success is to make such sur- roundings that the natural landscape is contented with the new locati
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