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LANDSCAPE GARDEN SERIES 



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Fig. 39 Study of planting in plan and elevation. 



ent levels where the different terraces create an effect often more inter- 

 esting than that constructed all upon one level. 



Any error in design is more readily perceptible in the formal 

 garden than in an area informally planned, for the formal garden is 

 fundamentally geometrical, thus mistakes in balance and proportion 

 can be easily seen. For this reason the planning of the formal garden 

 should be entrusted to an expert if the problem is one where technical 

 training is required. Architectural features in the garden should be 

 well executed; statues and other garden features should be selected 

 carefully as they are seen as closely as the furniture in the house. 



When a formal garden, or more than one formal garden for that 

 matter, is used, in connection with informal lawn areas, the transition 

 from one to the other should be carefully worked out in order that they 

 do not detract from each other and so that the transition seems natural. 



