...blending of art and nature, an intermediate between the pure in art and the distinctly natural. ' ' It has all the grace of nature without its ruggedness...refinement of art apart from its stiffness and severity." It is evident that whatever is beautiful in architecture will harmonize with the beautiful style of...

...not reject straight lines entirely near the house, or in connection with a flower garden, a rosary, or a subordinate building as a greenhouse that has...indefiniteness, extension of apparent boundaries, polish, and the graceful blending of parts are specially its own traits. The liberal use of plants, such as trees...