The Winning Designs 



treatment is, however, to be deprecated so long as 

 there is any possibility of getting grass to grow. 



I have already mentioned that this front remains 

 four-square as the builders left it, and I think this is 

 an instance in which some gently curving design might 

 successfully be introduced, and so obliterate to some 

 extent the existing outline. 



The approach to the front door must of necessity be 

 direct, and it is important that direct access be pro- 

 vided to the back of the house. There is another dis- 

 advantage in the simple rectangular borders in this 

 plan viz., that there is no area provided for a pretty 

 grouping of plants or shrubs such as would be desir- 

 able to form somewhat more of a screen between the 

 house and the road. By broadening out the borders 

 in the corners this becomes possible, and there is plenty 

 of room for a flowering shrub, such as Almond, Prunus, 

 or flowering Cherry, with other shrubs principally of an 

 evergreen and flowering nature, such as the Berberis, 

 Cytisus, and others. In front of these little groupings 

 of shrubs a few spring flowering bulbs, such as Scillas, 

 Snowdrops, Crocuses, etc., can be planted, and will 

 brighten the outlook in early spring, whilst patches of 

 Mignonette, Night-scented Stock, and a few summer 

 flowering plants might be introduced so that the borders 

 are never quite without their attractions, even though 

 their principal object is to serve as a screen from the 

 road. 



Now look at what other competitors suggest for the 

 front garden. Take, first, the second-prize design on 

 page 32. In this case Mr. Orphoot boldly shifted the 

 entrance-gate several feet to the right, presumably 



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