64 GARDEN PLANNING 



space should be subordinate to the principal 

 one, and if possible reserved for a separate 

 purpose. To bisect the garden into two equal 

 areas of grass is at once to introduce symmetry. 

 The artist well knows how fatal it is to a good 

 pictorial effect to allot equal spaces to sky 

 and landscape. The two cases are parallel. 



In gardens of the size I am now considering 

 the idea of a " lawn " for games is rarely realiz- 

 able for want of space, and the grass plot, 

 therefore, should be treated with other pur- 

 poses in view. Its functions are more closely 

 related to the flowers and general picture. 

 It affords welcome relief to the eye, and by 

 contrast enhances the value of the colour effect 

 obtainable with the flowers. Moreover, its 

 surface presents a cool, soft, and welcome 

 tread, and a place to "laze" upon and enjoy 

 the garden vistas. 



It is that part of the garden in which we 

 may plant a few trees for shade, without fear 

 that their shadows and hungry roots will 

 work havoc with the flowers. The grass plot 

 should never be isolated by surrounding it on 

 all sides with gravel, as too often is done in 

 the type of garden illustrated in Fig. 3A, the 



