ABSTRACT
THE Japanese garden, aside from its famed beauty and good taste, is remarkable in the attempt to create an illusion of distance in a comparatively small space. No matter how small the allotted space for a garden the Japanese, when he builds a home, considers it a necessity rather than a luxury. This is recognized to such a degree that it is customary to estimate the cost of the garden when the plans for the dwelling are drawn. These gardens are one more instance in which the people show their passionate love for nature and their determination to live easily and graciously. The planning, construction and care of these numberless miniature landscapes reveals, also, their national characteristic of making the most of what they have.
