PLAKS OF PRIVATE GROUKDS. 24? 



beginning of this chapter, I pass by without giving them 

 special attention. Some are articles that are purchasable, 

 such as vases, statuary, sun dials, and the like, others 

 are not in suflBcient general demand to require space 

 here, and when wanted, the landscape and building 

 architect will be able to furnish suitable designs. On 

 painting garden architecture see Part IV. 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



PLANS OF PRIVATE GROUKDS. 



The materials used in, and principles governing orna- 

 mental garden-making, are mainly the same for every 

 place, but diiferent gardens, of course, vary in size, 

 shape, and natural character. For these reasons, I pro- 

 pose in this work to pay special attention to describing 

 materials, and the principles which should direct arrang- 

 ing them tastefully — so that one who has a place, what- 

 ever size or shape, to improve, may start on the right 

 track for doing it well. I prefer to do this to giving 

 many complete plans of grounds, and then perhaps it 

 would be found, that not once in a thousand times would 

 any of these fit this or that particular place. Still, some 

 plans may serve a useful end, in suggesting the uniting 

 of features with a view to complete effects, therefore I 

 have chosen from a large collection such plans as I think 

 will best answer this purpose. 



Beginning with plans of very small plats, say from half 

 a rod to two rods each, it may be said, that here is a class 

 in which a greater degree of uniformity prevails, as to 

 size and shape, than in larger grounds, hence a little 

 more attention is given to complete plans. Moreover, 

 this class greatly outnumbers all others everywhere, and 



