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was carried along each side, the points of the curves 

 being emphasised by cut trees in boxes. At the 

 end a wide flower border, banked up to the wall, 

 completed the view. The long walk, also paved, 

 was marked on either side by a series of cut bushes, 

 set, towards the garden, in the curves of the 

 scolloped beds which were repeated to correspond 

 with the main design. The path terminated with 

 an elliptical figure, communicating with the lower 

 end of the garden, having a seat between yews to 

 close the vista. 



This plan illustrates but one method of treating 

 a small rectangular plan, although it indicates the 

 value of a division of the area into separate portions 

 when the garden admits of it. One of the most 

 successful backgrounds is to be found in a garden 



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house, designed with a certain amount of definite 

 architectural character and supported by an ex- 

 tension either side in brick or stonework. The 

 whole intervening space between this and the house 

 can then be filled with formal beds edged with box, 

 or by turf and paving ; and tubs, boxes, and urns for 

 flowers can be put at various points to graduate the 

 distance. We may perhaps refer in this connection 



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