Introduction.
- Gardens as representation of scenery
- Acquaintance with Japanese scenery
- Pictorial composition
- Japanese love of nature
- Japanese landscape gardening as representation
- Styles of garden design
- Italian and French gardens
- Formal gardens in England
- Origin of naruralistic gardens in England
- William Kent, Charles Bridgeman and landscape gardens
- William Chambers and Chinese gardens
- Mis-representations of eastern gardens
- Natural gardens in England and Japan
- Japenese representation of nature
- Unnatural eccentricities in Japanese gardens
- Old and quaint pine trees
- Harmony in Japanese compositions
- Poetic composition in Japanese gardens
- Aesthetic and ethical principles in Japan
- Animistic philosophy
- Purity in Japanese gardens
- The ideal Japanese garden
- Japanese architecture in relation to gardens
- Views into Japanese gardens
- Unity, diversity and the Eight Views Hakkei
- Geometry near buildings
- Romantic names for Japanese garden features
- Compositions suggesting famous scenes