Art Out-of-Doors:

An explanation of the essential principles of landscape gardening so that readers from all walks of life may admire the beauty of a well-designed formal garden. Landscape gardening as an art, in its practical application to the beautifying of country places, is the subject of a book by Mrs. Van Rensselaer, who writes with thorough knowledge and with fresh enthusiasm. She gives information and hints in abundance relating to the treatment of grounds, roads and paths, piazzas, pattern beds, trees a