28 GARDENS IN THE MAKING 



the composition of a picture. What the abbey 

 church is to the cloister, what the back scene is to 

 the play, such is the relationship and harmony at 

 which we must aim. Standing in different parts of 

 the garden we must mark carefully the length, 

 height, mass, and projection of the building, and 

 determine what lines or features it is necessary to 

 accentuate or to moderate. And when the house, 

 with its adjoining buildings, terraces, and trees has 

 provided us with a background which satisfies the 

 eye, we can proceed with more certainty of success 

 to the other problems of the garden scheme. 



This is one aspect of the unity which is required 

 between house and garden ; the other, the garden 

 as viewed from the house, we will now discuss in 

 detail under various types of plan. What picture 

 we shall prepare for each window and what devices 

 we shall employ for pleasant and useful access from 

 within to without doors, depend on the circumstances 

 of each specific problem, and may be more clearly 

 set forth by the examples which follow. 



