CHAPTER XX 



Further Considerations in 

 Garden Making 



The impress of art should be as much in 

 evidence in the minor details of the garden as 

 in the more important and more obvious ones. 

 Carelessness in small matters may go a long 

 way to undo the results of thought and skill 

 devoted to the main features. 



In the foregoing pages I have endeavoured 

 to formulate simple rules for the guidance of 

 the garden designer. I have not only stated 

 the "how" but also the "why," believing 

 that thereby my' advice will carry more weight 

 and be the better understood and remembered. 



Although the construction of a garden plan 

 on paper is a necessary preliminary to the 

 practical operations on the site, it will only 

 carry the garden maker a certain way toward 

 the desired result. Much of the detail will 

 have to be filled in on the ground. It is in the 

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