Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1915 — Avoid Straight Lines. [ARTICLE]

Avoid Straight Lines.

The third, and last, of the great fundamental rales of landscape design, “Avoid straight lines,” is, in the opinion of the writer, of almost as great importance as the first and chief rale which the greatest authorities have laid down for governing our garden planning. As the average young lady says of everything that meets heir approval: “It is Just too cute for anything.” It permits the entry of more art in detail than all other rales combined, and provides for intricacy of design ; ease of approach, access without apparent restraint, and availability of all parts without departure from the “shortest line between two given points.” Compliance with this rale is accomplished with more pleasure than in dealing with any other, yet it is a dangerous dictate for the novice or amateur to deal with.