172 LANDSCAPE GARDENING 



If the client likes flowers, a garden may be in- 

 cluded in the scheme, and planting of an intimate 

 and diversified character may be employed, as his 

 interest will insure their care and maintenance. 

 If, on the contrary, he is not particularly inter- 

 ested in things horticultural, the planting should 

 be more formal, and such as may be easily kept 

 up. 



The first large considerations of the design are 

 general approach, circulation, and views obtain- 

 able. The best rooms should of course be located 

 so as to obtain the best ^dews. The service por- 

 tions of the house and grounds should be separated 

 as definitely as possible from the rest of the estate. 

 >1 If the la^vns are to be used for entertaining, they 

 should be kept free of planting, and screened about 

 the edges to give some degree of privacy; but if 

 guests are not to use the lawns, the shrub masses 

 may divide them to a great extent. 



In its broadest aspect, the lay-out of the design 

 problem may be divided into three parts : first, the 

 private portion for family use; second, the semi- 

 public part, which is to be seen by the guests, and 

 lastly the service portion, which is for strictly 

 utilitarian purposes. 



The private part of the grounds should contain 



