THE SMALL PLACE 



The house is well placed, back from the street, 

 and has a fine suburban spirit. It is low and 

 rambling with quaint roof lines that make it nestle 

 among the trees. 



The plan as here produced is of the place as it 

 appeared at the time when the chapter was first 

 written and not wholly as it was originally planned. 

 The plan was left in the hands of the owner to 

 carry out. Certain things were changed, by the 

 owner's own confession, not always to its advan- 

 tage, certain things have never been developed in 

 accordance with the original intent, but the touch 

 of the landscape architect's hand is on it. 



In the making of the garden picture, there are 

 two duties to be performed, a duty to outsiders 

 and a duty to oneself. The planting, like the 

 exterior of the house, ought to be an asset to the 

 street ; the grounds, like the interior of the house, 

 ought to be primarily for one's own comfort and 

 enjoyment, a place as private as possible so that it 

 can be in reality an out-of-door room. Here a 

 Barberry hedge is planted along the front. The 

 simple break in the hedge at the entrance steps 

 with their edging of trailing Rosa wichuriana is 

 more appropriate than gate posts or any other 



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