PROBLEMS 205 



sessing the greatest number of natural features 

 that will work in to advantage with the scheme in 

 hand. 



In such an estate as is demanded by the follow- 

 ing problem, the entertainment of city guests by 

 out-door sports and the general pleasing appear- 

 ance of the design are of equal importance. 



Entertainment is to be the main purpose of the 

 estate, and its position in the country will mean 

 that out-of-door amusements are to figure largely 

 in this entertainment. 



The elaboration of the scheme along the line of 

 out-door sports will depend entirely upon the 

 wealth of the client, and will determine the type of 

 development to be employed, and the introduction 

 or exclusion of features which require special ex- 

 pense. 



If the estate is to be designed on lines of great 

 magnificence, there may be formal flower-gardens, 

 conservatories, and even hothouses for the grow- 

 ing of vegetables out of season; private golf- 

 courses, tennis-courts, bowling-greens, bridle- 

 paths ; in fact, there is scarcely any limit to the de- 

 velopment of an estate of this kind where the 

 money expended is of no object. 



The size of the subdivisions of the scheme will 



