Elementary principles of agriculture : a text book for the common schools . elementaryprinci02ferg Year: 1913 260 Eletnentary Principles of Agriculture more natural. Had the shrubs been placed in the open space the effect would not have been half so pleasing. The large open lawn gives an attractive setting for the trees farther on. A comparison of these two pictures teaches us the A, B, C of landscape art. In making pictures on the land- scape, whether around the home, church- yard, cemetery or the school house, we should (A) Strive to avoid sharp, straight lines; (B) Preserve broad, open
Elementary principles of agriculture : a text book for the common schools . elementaryprinci02ferg Year: 1913 260 Eletnentary Principles of Agriculture more natural. Had the shrubs been placed in the open space the effect would not have been half so pleasing. The large open lawn gives an attractive setting for the trees farther on. A comparison of these two pictures teaches us the A, B, C of landscape art. In making pictures on the land- scape, whether around the home, church- yard, cemetery or the school house, we should (A) Strive to avoid sharp, straight lines; (B) Preserve broad, open spaces; (Figs. 167, 168). (C) Plant in masses, and look to nature for instructive examples in arranging shrubs and trees. 371. Rural Home Grounds should have such group- ings of lofty trees and attractive shrubs that the sharp lines of houses, barns and fences shall be softened into a natural picture. The appearance of the home lot should suggest more than mere shelter for man and his useful animals. It should appear as though the house, barns and lots were built in what was naturally an at- tractive landscape. Open lawns and large trees are always pleasing. In the crowded city such features may, from necessity, be dispensed with, but, when the country house is set in a small yard, it impresses us immediately as showing too great a contrast with the natural openness that is so characteristic of rural life. Fig. 167. A plan that brings the plants into prominence.
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