CHAPTER V 



A FEW GOOD TREES 



I 



F you have not enough 

 confidence to lay out 

 the grounds and gar- 

 den yourself, consult 

 a garden architect of good 

 reputation, one whose work 

 you have seen and know to 

 approach more or less to your ideal; but 

 do not let him do more than offer a few 

 suggestions at a time concerning the 

 points about which you are most in 

 doubt. Otherwise you will probably be- 

 come inextricably confused and your gar- 

 den will lose the individuality that should 

 be absorbed directly from yourself, and 

 lacking which it will become very much 

 the same as ten thousand other gardens 

 that have been turned out at so much the 



square foot or yard. The architect will 

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