

CHAPTER VII 



THE WINNING DESIGNS CONSIDERED IN 

 DETAIL (Continued) 



SITE No. 4 : WITH SOME OBSERVATIONS ON 

 WATER GARDENING FOR SMALL GARDENS 



So much ground has already been covered by con- 

 sidering other designs, and the comments thereon are 

 equally applicable to those sent in for this site, that it 

 is hardly necessary to analyze the latter quite so 

 closely. There are, however, in them one or two 

 features that call for special commendation, and a few 

 for criticism. The first-prize design for this site, that 

 by Mr. John Hatton, is in many respects very good 

 indeed. The entrance drive fails in that it is too small 

 to achieve its purpose, although a small pony-cart 

 might be turned in the forecourt without much diffi- 

 culty. The orchard is well placed, and could be made 

 to afford much pleasure in the way I have already 

 described in Chapter VI. The vegetable garden 

 should be quite successful, as should also the little 

 Rose garden. With regard to this latter, however, I 

 think it would be more successful if it were less a paved, 

 and more a Rose garden. An excessive predomination 

 of paved area in the Rose garden, or indeed in any 

 other, is always objectionable, as it creates a hardness 

 of effect that completely annuls the beauty of roses. 

 Pave by all means as much as is necessary, but at the 

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