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visible only to them, and the presence of the pri- 

 vate part of the grounds need not be seen at all 

 by strangers. Stables and service buildings will 

 come in the semi-public part of the scheme; gar- 

 dens and recreation ground will fall in the private 

 class. 



After the shape, size, relative importance, and 

 communication of the different members of the 

 scheme have been considered in large masses, they 

 are then each studied in detail, always bearing in 

 mind the fact that details of whatever sort should 

 aid in creating a general impression rather than 

 detract from that impression. 



In the method employed in working out a plan 

 of this sort, first of all topographical models are 

 made, that the designer may familiarize himself 

 thoroughly w^ith the lay of the land. After the 

 general location of the main features, and after 

 details of cut and fill in connection with the house 

 and more formal elements of the plan are decided 

 upon, topographical changes should not be made 

 in other parts of the scheme. 



The location of all these features is determined 

 by means of *' thumbnail sketches," tiny plans so 

 small in scale as to prevent the consideration of 

 anything but the most general grouping and posi- 



