FIRST PRINCIPLES 25 



to be permanent, adding beauty to beauty with 

 every year until it acquires that " old-world " 

 character which we all admire. 



There are two ways of looking at the relationship 

 of house and garden,— first, the garden as seen from 

 the house ; and, second, the house as approached from 

 the garden. Both are of great importance from an 

 aesthetic point of view, although the former has more 

 claim to our practical consideration. The twofold 

 problem presents itself in many different ways, 

 being easier when we build a new house and plan 

 its garden, than when we have to adapt both build- 

 ings and grounds already in existence and fairly 

 matured. If we have a free hand from the start and 

 our site is a new one, we can give due thought to 

 our garden scheme in settling the disposition of the 

 house, the position of its rooms, and the precise 

 aspect of its windows. The general shape of the 

 house, too, and its outbuildings can be arranged 

 with a view to affording a background, the scale of 

 which will suit the garden. 



To take this second consideration first, we 

 cannot be too often reminded how important a 

 matter it is. Many good gardens are spoiled by 



