CHAPTER IV 



THE WINNING DESIGNS CONSIDERED IN 

 DETAIL 



SITE No. i : WITH Six GARDEN PLANS AND HINTS 

 ON MAKING A SUNDIAL PEDESTAL 



THIS is a rectangular plot, 40 feet wide by 120 feet 

 long, of which the house occupies about one-fourth of 

 the area. In many respects this was the most difficult 

 problem of the four. To the gardener there exists 

 nothing to stimulate the imagination in such surround- 

 ings and conditions, and the winning competitors were 

 therefore the more to be congratulated on the fact that 

 they produced designs distinctly dissimilar in concep- 

 tion, and all ensuring more or less variety in the general 

 arrangement. 



I will first consider the front gardens. On page 22 

 is a reproduction of the first-prize design for this site. 

 The front garden arrangement in this plan is perhaps its 

 worst point. It could scarcely be other than severe in 

 general outline, but little or no attempt has been made 

 to relieve its square monotony, unless the planting of 

 the Prunus is suggested for this purpose. The hedge 

 is a necessity, and nothing can be more desirable than 

 the simple green enclosure a hedge gives to such a 

 situation. Whether Laurustinus is the best material 

 to use for such a purpose is a question worth asking. 



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