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I h JJ Inc J M land garden built after the most approved approved approved ap ap- ap- ap proved Japanese type that has been in inthe inthe inthe the process o of construction for half a dozen years or more and is still continuing continuing continuing con con- to develop develop adding adding fresh at attractions attractions attractions at- at tractions and importations from the Far East with each passing year Imagine Imagine Imagine Im Im- agine a garden well within the limits of an acre of space that has already cost between three and four thousand dollars dollars dollars dol dol- lars in wonderful Japanese plants and lanterns in fn lakes and ponds and winding winding winding wind wind- ing streams flower bordered and arbor- arbor shaded in which trout thrive in the cold turbulent spring-fed spring waterways and lilies lilies lil lilies lil- lil ies ies and lotus and goldfish flourish in the thc stiller warmer waters Such is the Pilling Pilling Pil Pil- ling garden of Lansdowne Pa in which the owner Mr Charles J J. J Pilling finds constant delight and recreation outside outside outside out out- side of bus business hours Hundreds I of loads of worn water-worn tinted time-tinted and moss-covered moss rocks and have been carted from Darby Creek to form the miniature mountains and the steep flights of stone steps leading up the in inclines inclines in- in clines dines of flower-decked flower hill slopes and these bold rocks with dwarf dwar f evergreens and Japanese maples crown the little mountain tops where stand tand on guard the quaint stone lanterns dear to the heart of the Japanese gardener Almost directly opposite the Pilling estate is the Japanese garden of the Homer Homer Homer Ho Ho- mer country seat one seat one of the first of the Oriental gardens to be introduced in in America and one of the most complete in symbolical significance though constructed constructed constructed con- con on a small scale The presence of these two striking examples of Oriental Oriental Oriental Ori Ori- landscaping so close dose together gives particular distinction to Lansdowne Lansdowne Lansdowne Lans Lans- downe in in the study of the fascinating art of gardening as carried on by the appreciative 1 Japanese In the Homer garden are arc found the typical bamboo and sapling fencing the roofed quaint-roofed gateway and all the indispensable indispensable indispensable indis indis- features of symbolical stones from the stepping stones of the pathways to the famous guardian stone and the numerous stones of intermediate im im- Here Iere also arc are the waterways bridges lanterns and curiously dwarfed trees But in order to understand the full of these gardens g one must know something of the principles of Oriental gardening In the planning of a garden the tIle Japanese Japan Japan- ese consider three p points ints at starting starting- natural formations under thi this head come in the following order of importance import import- ance background foreground and middleground mid mid- stones and water In Prince Horita's garden in Tokio a favorite American model the soft rolling ground round which surrounds a piece of water water water wa wa- ter has given the suggestion of a mountain mountain mountain moun moun- tain lake lak with its encircling hills bold rocks arid and fairy beaches fringed with pine and moss On the hillsides are thick groves shady resting places the green mystery of mountain paths coming coming coming com com- ing out into the open and then losing themselves in woods woods like like the beautiful road from to Then as the lower spurs of the mimic mim mim- ic range stretch down towards the lake we ve are given the sense of space by wi wide lt shelving rocks sloping down to the water water water wa wa- ter in broad flat steps In the coves the carefully chosen pebbles reproduce all the gradations of the beach from from- the bright wet sand at the ripples ripple's edge to the heavy round stones where the grass fringe stops As on the mountain lake the first work of human hands near the water is the lantern of graystone sac graystone-sac- sac sacred red red to the memory of a departed soul soul soul- under the shadow of a tree matsu or reaching far-reaching pine whose arm has stretched so far over the shore that thata a supporting pole has been planted in inthe inthe inthe the water to hold it up Artificial A Amere Amere Amere mere conceit No there are many spots it ii in Japan notably just below Kamakura Kamakura Kamakura Ka- Ka makura where the wild pines stretch out thus madly to the sea crossing a wide strip of intervening strand by throwing all their strength into one or two long arms arms to to the stunting of all th the e rest There is but a tiny lake in the Horita garden and easily could one walk around from one point to another all the more reason inthe in the gardeners gardener's e eyes s for placing bridges over creek or inlet to increase the impression of siz size and lead leadus us to spots which he would have us believe believe believe be be- lieve inaccessible in any other way Where the bridge in the foreground touches the land the handling of the rocks is very bold and the largest stones have been collected in order to give an appearance of precipitous grandeur Why To make us shiver a little as we cross the span at the dangerous dangerous dangerous dan dan- depth of the water below us We Vc f 1 J if J a FJ F t ta f a r r ti t S t w. w i Y I 1 6 j Y w g er r ti r. r i S 1 vC I Cu a r rY w aV T gg fl 11 Model r Tex houie I are arc caught in a web of imagination and suggestion DD of reminiscence reminiscence reminiscence-of of f fear ar aror or hope hop hope and and we wc had better l let t ourselves go o to its charm If the eye is not satisfied satis satis- fied ed with seeing nor the ear with hear hear- ilig make them the apprentices of imagination imagination imagination imag imag- and memory for these there is no time nor nor- lim limitation and they shall outlast the external beauty which gave them birth This is the unspoken maxim maxim maxim max max- im im of Natures Nature's servant in Japan when she sends him on his gardening tasks Sheets of water small or large constitute constitute constitute tute a feature of every garden where wealth gives the power to place them If it be impossible to have a lake then a atin tin tiny pond or a rivulet making a fall of spray will keep the place cool and refresh refresh refresh re- re fresh the eye ee So necessary in a Japan Japan- Japanese ese e gardeners gardener's opinion is the sense sens of peace created by water that where it cannot be had lead he reminds you of it by r making at the foot of your hill pe perhaps haps a a. littel depression where water can lie and filling it with small that can catch the light and wear an illusory gleam like the surface of a pond Along the edges he lie piles larger stones high and rough on one side and gently shelving lg lgon on the opposite bank then a young pine near the stones stories will speak of the ham hama a matsu the pine of the S sea Such a device device device de de- de- de vice has been resorted to in the private garden at Yokohama and its reproductions and the illusion is carried still further further further fur fur- ther by the meandering stream which comes comes to ie feed d the the pond pond int intersecting rs c ing t the e footpath of broad stones so so that a still broader flag Y must be laid across it as as' a 2 bri bridge Such uch conceits cannot be bi called childish if th they y serve the end for which they arc are introduced namely introduced namely to break the monotony on ony of sward or soil to tp to give the value of space and to lead the memory to rippling shallows of remembered str streams ams In one garden where there were only the stepping stepping- stones steppingstones stones to wind stream-like stream across across' the grass one can watch the rain sheeting them with moisture moisture moisture mois mois- ture and slipping from one one to another till tm the rivulet they copy seems to be floating before the eye I These flat stones are of great importance import import- ance in a Japanese gar garden en They traverse traverse traverse tra tra- tra- tra verse the grass without cutting it and wh where re laid in the soil make a good contrast to its deep brown and give an impression of care In large gardens their course will probably probably lead o one c to the most adm admired r d point of view or the finest group of shrubs At the foot fool of the hill hilI where they will break in into into into in- in to rocky steps bordered on either sideby side sideby sideby by hardy plants such as love lo-e the mountains moun mOun- When Then the summit is reached the guiding steps again lead to some sonic fresh attraction by a winding pathway and effect of space and alluring beauties at t every fresh turn in the path is continued con con- tinned throughout the whole extent of the miniature lands landscape i 1 |