Suburban Home Grounds. 97 



If a sketch or plan drawn to scale is desired a survey or topo- 

 graphical map is ordinarily required. 



Preliminary sketches are then presented, with explanations, 

 for discussion, and when these are approved a finished general 

 plan follows. 



The general plan can be staked out by a surveyor and car- 

 ried forward by day work under a qualified superintendent, 

 but the best results are rarely obtained without the occasional 

 advice on the ground and more or less assistance from the 

 designer. 



If the work is to be executed under a qualified superinten- 

 dent, few plans are required; but if by contract, working 

 drawings and written specifications are necessary and such 

 supervision as may be required. 



Planting plans for both large and small areas, and in any 

 degree of detail, are prepared when occasion requires. Order 

 lists for plants are made from reliable nursery catalogues and 

 the lowest prices obtained for the client's benefit. 



Professional charges can be had upon application by stating 

 the nature of the work undertaken and the advice required. 

 If desired, a preliminary visit will be made for a fee agreed 

 upon in advance. 



Having secured the services of the landscape architect and 

 having adopted and carried out his plans, due respect should 

 be accorded to the designer and not endeavor to improve on 

 the design by planting trees or shrubs on a lawn in an inar- 

 tistic setting. Many a good design has been ruined by the 

 so-called practical ideas of the owner, even in the process of the 

 work, thereby ruining the conception and the unity and beauty 

 of the place. It is only after such mistakes have been made 

 that the owner realizes that it is more of an art to design the 

 grounds than it is to paint a picture, for one has under his 

 control the pigments and can idealize or omit any inharmo- 

 nious objects in the scene, the other must make a real picture 

 using materials that are not always under his control. 



