. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. LANDSCAPE GARDENING 877. 1228. One of Langley's *' Designs for gardens that lye irregularly to the Grand ; 1728. for the laying out of a spontaneous garden. The accom- panying plan of Shenstone's garden, the Leasowes (Fig. 1230), and the picture of a glimpse therein (Fig. 1231), show how far his conc
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. LANDSCAPE GARDENING 877. 1228. One of Langley's *' Designs for gardens that lye irregularly to the Grand ; 1728. for the laying out of a spontaneous garden. The accom- panying plan of Shenstone's garden, the Leasowes (Fig. 1230), and the picture of a glimpse therein (Fig. 1231), show how far his conceptions were removed from those of Langley, howsoever much they may fall short of the ideals of the present day. A full descrip- tion has been left us of the Leasowes. Here is a glimpse: "Passing through a small gate at the bottom of the fine swelling lawn that surrounds the house, you enter upon a winding path, with a piece of water on your right. The path and water, over-shadowed with trees that grow upon the slopes of this narrow dingle, render the scene at once cool, gloomy, solemn, and sequestered; and forms so striking a contraste to the lively scene you have just left, that you seem all on a sudden landed in a subter- raneous kind of region. Winding forward down the val- ley, you pass beside a small root-house, where on a tablet are these lines: 'Here in cool grot, and mossy eel], We rural fays and faeries dwell; Tlio' rarely seen by mortal eye, Wlien the pale moon, ascending high, Darts thro yon limes her quivering beams, We frisk it near these crystal streams,' " The garden-art of the old time was largely a corollary of architecture. The garden-art of the present time, particularly amongst English-speaking peoples, exists for its own sake. Yet, one cannot say that the old-time garden-art is unlovely, or that it contradicts the canons of good taste. The two belong to different categories of esthetic feeling, and the mere fact that both of them use pi ant-subje
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