The herald., 1895-08-11
modest style shall prosper and know the
real tonic9effects of sea bathing. g.-New
York World.
LANDSCAPE ART IN LOS ANGELES
No. by w. s. Lyon


1t would be in order to open this sub.
ject with q definition from Downing or
Olmsted on landscape art. but illustrative
material is SO abundant that a stroll
through the neighborhood gardens, tax.
ing notes as we go, will prove as instruc-
tive and less didactfc than any cut and
dried professional axioms.
We are at low artistic ebb-some Of
us, but not the presiding genius OF q
Iona Drive home. 1t is a black, rococo
femal in yellow pantalettes who, holding
in her lap blue china basin, has sat for
many years on the rugged edge Uf q
rockerv. A rockery pure and simple. ono
unadorned with even a faience female
springing unprimitively from the midst
OF a smooth and tranquil stretch OF sward,
is of itself startling object.
1t may invite criticism, but equally ex-
cites admiration for the genius-the land.
scape genius, daring enough to eXecu.s a
fac simils of nature at her mightiest.
When in seismic throes she tears asunder
the bowels of the earth and spews forth
mighty rocks, which, In their downward
flight deity fall together with broken
joints neatly 'pointed up" with white
cement.
The realistic effect would be heightened
by little streams OF lava meandering
through the grass. They could be mex
pensively done in strips of linoleum that
could be taken up and tackled down each
time the lawn was moved.
For long time the blue basin was .
disturbing element to the people OF the
vicinity. Its purpose is now. definitely
settled it Is to assist nature in event OF
her being suddenly and violently again
taken i'll. We sometimes run amuck on
color-at least the boy does who holds
your horse in front of lovely Figueroa
street home.
He is far more than the blue and white,
the greenery- gallery young man OF Pa.
tence for he is all the colors OF the rain.
bow. Neither did he come out OF Grosve.
nor Gallery. but as presentation with
carload of barbed wire or farm wagons.
He wears ring in his hand or nose.
have forgotten which. and horse Injured
to locomotives and tamae wagons might
in time endure being hitched to him.
An imperial purple clematis once cast
a mantle OF patrican dignity and glory
upon both place and people decidedly
bourgeoise; but the Jackman clematis
contiicted with the slurid, hand painted
jockey, so 1t was sacrlhced.
Our gardens are strong in pairs, and IL
you would be in the fashion you must so
expensive than to draw to. The palace
grounds of merchant prince are SO
planted, and the effect is almost as
striking as tasteful arrangement would
be in empty soap and cracker boxes.
Two date trees Wis Wis; two fan palms
tor partners and two 6racenas cheek-by.
jowl; all symnetrically. cquidistantly and
even alphabetically adjusted.
There is still room IN the corner left
for pair of Priscilla Prim arbor vitae,
and their addition is suggested as valu.
able adjunct to this form o. landscape
art. Let me explain that dwarf arboP
vitae are pretty little trees, almost 40
pretty in fact as small wooden pyramids
with green baize tackled about them.
They are much used in small cemetery
plots for the reason that they exert
disquieting effect upon the loving. In a
cemetery this influence is reduced to
minimum. Their use upon large home
grounds IS fdmissible-that portion can
be dedicated to mortuary purposes. No
sign or craven image will be necessary;
the trees themselves will illustrate the
legend. What is home without graves
yard"