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nature of a heavy clay soil in which it will be 

 found difficult if not impossible to grow many 

 of the choicer plants, and which will require 

 more drainage and be always hard to work, 

 whether in very dry or wet weather. A 

 stream should be brought through the garden, 

 if it can be obtained by fair means or foul. 

 The merest trickle will suffice, so long as it is 

 constant, but constant it must be, and it will add 

 tenfold to the charm of the garden and afford 

 unlimited possibilities. 



Having fully described the chief conditions 

 favourable and unfavourable in selecting a 

 site, I briefly recapitulate them as follows : — 

 The garden, when circumstances will permit, 

 should be away from and out of sight of any- 

 thing formal, approached through the wild 

 garden or shrubbery, but still within reasonable 

 distance of the house ; the ground should be 

 undulating, with good light fibrous loam, facing 

 south-east, with, when possible, a stream ; but, 

 most important of all, it must be free from 

 encroaching or overshadowing trees and have 

 plenty of air and sunshine. 



Bearing these points in mind, a typical 



