PLANNING YOUR GARDEN 

 CHAPTER I 



Introductory 



The planning of a garden involves attention 

 to many considerations connected with the 

 character and position of the site and its sur- 

 roundings, as well as to those questions in which 

 both horticulture and good taste play important 

 parts. 



Each particular site presents a problem in 

 itself, and the art of the garden maker must be 

 exercised first in studying the factors, and then 

 in permitting them to guide him to a good re- 

 sult. What these factors are will appear 

 when I come to details. It is sufficient at the 

 outset to state that they include such inherent 

 conditions as soil, position, aspect, and envi- 

 ronment. 



Though garden making in a large measure 

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