8 GARDEN PLANNING 



borders, and this is only to be contrived by- 

 placing them where the sunlight can reach 

 them. Therefore it is a necessary preliminary 

 to the planning of a small garden to observe 

 which parts of it enjoy full sunshine and which 

 parts lurk in perpetual shadow. The north 

 side of the house or of a garden wall, in northern 

 latitudes, receives no sunlight, and permanent 

 shadows may be cast by trees and buildings 

 on neighbouring premises. These shadows 

 are as rocks to the careful navigator, things 

 to be given a wide berth, unless circumstances 

 (as in the case of redundant trees) permit of 

 our bodily removing their cause. 



