CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



PREFACE ...... v 



I. OF GARDENS AND GARDEN DESIGNERS ... I 



Nature's Gardens Qualifications necessary for the 

 Designer " Garden Architects" Formal Gar- 

 dens, Old and Modern " Capability Brown" 

 Repton Artificial and Natural Design Useless- 

 ness of Stock Plans and Patterns. 



II. GENERAL PRINCIPLES . . . . . 12 



Comfort and Convenience the Primary Essentials 

 Undue Complexity to be avoided Variety 

 Desirable Garden Paths Eccentricity Con- 

 demned Attempting too much Colour and 

 Contrast. 



III. THE SELECTION OF A SITE . . . . 21 



Accessibility Approach Soils Aspect Altitude 

 Shelter Surroundings Outlines of Property 

 Existing Timber to be retained. 



IV. WALKS AND LAWNS ..... 30 



Carriage Drives to be Direct Walks for Different 

 Parts of the Garden Serpentine Paths Edging 

 Value of Lawns Breadth and Space conveyed. 



V. FORMAL AND LANDSCAPE PLANTING ... 3-7 



Avenues often Pretentious Objections to Clipped 

 Yew Hedges Topiary Flower Walks The 

 Maze Natural Planting Boundary Plantations 

 Specimen Trees Grouping. 



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