The Winning Designs 



would meet the eye when emerging from the house, 

 the generally somewhat free arrangement of the lines, 

 and the distinctly good method of making the approach 

 to the kitchen pass through flowers round the corner 

 of the house, make this arrangement altogether an 

 advance on any other ideas presented. I think, how- 

 ever, some further planting might have been introduced 

 opposite the dining-room window. This window is 

 only 20 feet from the road, and although some people 

 might wish to be able to sit at dinner and see what is 

 passing, most would prefer the seclusion given by some 

 slight vegetation in such a position. Mr. Paton in his 

 design (D) ignores the position of the entrance gate as 

 given in the plan of site altogether, placing it in the 

 north-west corner, an arrangement that scarcely looks 

 happy even on a plan. The " long bed " would pre- 

 sent a fine opportunity for a colour display as seen 

 from the dining-room, but this would, I think, be 

 achieved more successfully by making the border in 

 front of the shrubs instead of so near the house. 

 Neither Mr. B. M. Cory (E) nor Miss Isobel Harding 

 (F) paid much serious attention to the front garden, 

 contenting themselves with the most elementary treat- 

 ment. Both, however, failed in this, that the area is 

 seen at a glance to be too much cut up into quadrangles 

 of various sizes. 



In one important feature every single competitor 

 failed. No one considered it necessary to suggest 

 anything in the nature of a climber for the house. The 

 covered porch of such a house as was shown in the 

 plan would make an admirable situation over which 

 to train a Wistaria, Clematis, Jasmine, or Rose. The 



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