, 1864-04-10
LANDsCE PAINTING.


Alhough How4ye always held 9 con-
sp!euons place fndscape gardening, yet
,hc recent improknts Ia method and n4a-
teriai arc maktnsl1t Of that which before
WIS 1at fude etctsnl. We Wcru sur
}nad ,dea ~ 70 Fno,,eh Fno ,thhne gardenera in The
TIC -Ecat Of 1e q Of Denyonyllire. lios
been Tor half q cek reearded "a the most
fsnihfhahle place hrope for horticultural
eAtcts. The prcspuke is not keeping |
up IT, reputation. l. the scale upon which
He ground is laic{, the 6hrubbrry, the
trtes. ard ,parterFd loWers, Of the most |
intense; colors, mnt even vet q wonder
AID ctllGht Bat scr there, nor in my
o1hcr lace ,.dl1 wt such use offlowers,
both for form nrdor, as at Paris. IN
the Garden OF the Gerlee, but yc* more
striktDgly, in . sMlark. formerly favor
lie rctrCat Of the Qubf Louis PAt.ip3e. we
found matter for DIT and profit beyond
anything seen elseH. We here learned
what Is The Iocauin :3om1,o.Ing with dow
srs. lhc tuIincc Of ground was beautt.
tnliy undu: lated, andf5 old shrubs were
1ne cnt, better tl1kere, we saw such
7eatC1t In England. It the use Of color
AID the ccmpUsitiontlumpB by combtu!
alton Of ngneons { hcr5aeious plants,
were Q rc7nlntlon to opening d new and:
endless range Of FoeA cffecs6. -.
Il Lower is beuItifuoHe. III single bless
! NAh~to' 4IA% HIA9 "a Af1a 4uIE l4QIE CaLtIll-
ed: 0nIy ut colnpaYcly recent datc Las
| it begun TO be cotnmte plant beds Of the
| s.mt lirds and colortontrasting or har-
monizl. 6 masses Of L. And, c1np1oj cd
with Judgment, great{wee is gained In
tnis way. But t4is laod Is cheap and
some" Let clumsy a1fn a. large garden
made ~ OF mere mosstf color, it btc3.nes
any such description nsSli present 10 Tie
Imagination the exqnia tloru composition
Of french artists. Bat htcrlrs md profess
siona! eardsners may, m very imlerfect
eEetchts, derive hints VII they can work
ont to aduiGable uses.; iny OF the feaures
to be deacribed reuuirego things which
most people. cannot. .ctnnnd, abundant
there are many things th1 pn be done on
the smallest scale. 1ma}tA an iron ,tnce
following sinuons bodn}ry-1iuc fol an
eighth OF mile. Upon tl,e1ce itself we're
traincd morning glories, coring it's whole
side with sheet Of green, sired an over IN
we morning with exquisiti blossoms l9
l!ont OF thts, rs . backgFOun stood broad
line OF pure white nstcr. thalaid their pnre
wlitenees upon the green Bllde Of convol-
yulng lcaFe5 with aimiraui effect. lmne-
dtately III trout Of them, nn4ltke them follow
Ing the whole length Of t. hedge, were
dWar! scarl1et geraniums, Iifull and conttn-
ned n bloom, laying thread oscarlct upon the
troufe e ,.ag aad grse9 backgroq4. Lastly, a as -
o,na Gagi a9a pGa petunlas kept veil from strag
uu, i,,,,,, ~ ERE ~; ali the oher plants ,.
and nroportionsa @ T. BE, kcptin perfect 10 lott
inc inc pf eolor was but I Il i6Sh 6Sh long aewtn; .;
which, rs you stood ut proper olsoncc 70,
saw Laid clu1nps OF green beds OF m:se~i
mixed colors, touched. here by light b
Of shrubhery, and yonder shaded BY lare
trees. ; : - =;
The borders of the gravel walks arc, I,
many hundred yards, lines Of bEiliant colo
bands. An exquisite edying to borders
made Of the English isu, kept in diva
state by continued hand d-prunirg, SO TINT :
losses Its running power, and forms beam
ful line Of star.f0rmed lcavcs not more thi
eight inches high. -
Along the eastern edge of mnss Of tre
and partly under their shadow, We saw
kind, in rows five deep, understanding son
forty feet in length These were so skillful
adjusted to the background of trees a,
shrubs, that 1t did not SO mnch strike r
as an artificial band .. color hoped aroul
the trees, as q. sort otmagicd blossomfng
the whole forest iteelf-n pushing out sid
ways toward the sun Of the forest life.
Among other striking effects, saw mol
more simple und beautiful than a long line
our common ox-eyed daisy, following tt
windipgs Of q patti, and glowing with whi
petals and golden centefs, as proud and ha
pr to be recognized Us true child Of beaut
as if it lad never heard TINT 1t wns WEI
and pest In American mowtng.lots te
patriotic glow, and greeted this wild hon
flower with genuine enthusiasm. -
The most remarkable effect was securt
by an oval bed some thirty feet In create
length, the center filed with leaf plants
deep red and brown, and edges filled wi
broad bands OF silyer.leaved dwarf scarf
geraniums. These plants Of hlgh-co1ort
leaves were used with marked effect as I
edge and rutfle around of shrub1tiy. It ga
both finish and richness to mass of shfu1
:. that will always make the eye long for the1
In wide beds hollyhocks were used sri
Joung trees, as were also the castor-bcan plal
and spireast and llacs. In this way the ra1
ness Of youug trees the awkward, empt
under spaces we're rcmedied- Marlgolds at
coreopses were used IN composition largel
but principally for !centers Of beds: The /
-ter.spaccs betweenr azaleas. and ,rhodode
drons were filed with dwarf ,.asturfiun
covering the ground with green, and ngl
ing 1t up with their. brilliant co1ored bic
CONS. -t's-- =.- - =
Hollyhocks, tail phloxes, aua sptreas we
united in masses; and c9fcumscribed Wi
nlyssum or silycr-leaycd scarlet geranium
or portu1acca- The 1erican d9erdfie, two
three feet broad, formed some Of the mo
remarkable bands around clumps of heEba
eous plants, and also for shrubbery with 70
riegated leaves. could give more instance
but these suffice, to illustrate tho idca {
. forming landscape painting by an artia
use Of forms and colors Of p1apts for Is
ments. Aud my one can sec that the len
once possessed, may be carried out sit
endless variations, limited only by the pac
md means OF the artist. ,-'
Nothing upon the scale here suggested ca
be done BY persons Of limited time andmean
but, even the smallest garden may lcnn tha
colors and forms combined may, out If man
flowers, make generic whole, CROWN
bouquet, in which each part shall help tt
whole, without 16sing It's personal *identit
There are. mimic landscape painters
!, whom the world owes debt not easily pal
They initiate nature, and bnIld trees NJ
rocks Of pigment. But greater than they d
those who do not grind, but grow, the
coloEs: who do not borrow the SHADOW
which nature casts, but seize: the substanc
whose canvns God made when he found
the earth. As 1t is the greatest, SO this XII
Of ,ra' painting is the most difficult, and t
world Is yet TO wait for tho great artistic
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