Clipped Shrubs 



and if perchance the house were not all one could 

 desire it should be, remember that indifferent architec- 

 ture can sometimes be redeemed from mere ugliness 

 by good and careful planting, which I believe is an 

 apposite quotation from some author whose name I 

 have forgotten. 



In concluding my remarks on this design I feel 

 constrained to express once more regret that this com- 

 petitor did not give us a little more information as to 

 the plants, trees, shrubs, etc., he would use therein. 

 To emphasize the point that so much of success or 

 failure depends thereon, I will make use of the words 

 of a well-known writer on gardens : ' ' Formality is 

 often essential to the plan of a garden, but never to 

 the arrangement of its flowers or shrubs." 



The perspective drawing showing a design for the 

 site by Miss I. Grant Brown (G), shows a distinctly 

 different treatment. The thickly planted border of 

 shrubs sheltering the garden from the north winds is 

 an idea that could be adopted in many cases with great 

 success. Opinions will be divided as to the value of 

 the standard tree in the foreground, as it must be 

 remembered that one is looking down the garden from 

 the house. Moreover, the symmetrical division of the 

 greatest length of the garden into two equal portions 

 by the long path, despite the excellent perspective 

 effect thus obtained, is not an idea that will appeal 

 to everyone. In small gardens the greatest breadth 

 of lawn obtainable is usually desirable, and it is well 

 to avoid accentuating the fact that the plot is long 

 and narrow. The grouping of shrubs and tall flowers 

 on each side of the approach to the lower garden 



47 



