24 GARDENS IN THE MAKING 



to lure us to a continual round of discovery and at 

 the same time to defy exhaustion. 



In this connection it is necessary to point out 

 the propriety of planning carefully the surroundings 

 of foreign features if it is wished to introduce them. 

 It is of undeniable interest to import various modes 

 of garden-making from countries other than our 

 own ; but these methods should not be allowed to 

 override the main scheme, which must be one which 

 is suited to English soil and climate, and is in 

 harmony with the best English tradition. A little 

 care in choosing the site of such experiments and 

 in making their situation one which will not compete 

 with the rest of the garden, will prevent any serious 

 incongruity from being felt. 



Our third and last pair of considerations has to 

 do with a rational and purposeful plan of house and 

 garden together. There must be as much unity 

 between each part of the house and the adjoining 

 grounds as there should be between all parts of the 

 garden. This right relationship will be strengthened 

 if our planning is informed with some obvious 

 reason for every detail of its arrangement, and the 

 greater care we exercise the more likely is the plan 



