European and Japanese Gardens 



A BROAD WALK TO THE HOUSE 



grounds the same desire for privacy and separation which is 

 noticeable in the house. The careful separation of the kitchen 

 and offices from the master's quarters has already been re- 

 marked, and a similar separation is to be found between 

 other parts of the household and between individual rooms. 

 The nurseries are apart ; the master's own rooms are apart ; 

 the guest-rooms are apart ; and finally, except in suites of 

 rooms used only for entertainment, the individual rooms are 

 well divided from each other. This same principle underlies the 

 garden plan. The place is considered as an outdoor house. 

 The grounds are divided up according to their use, and each 

 portion has its well-established boundaries. 



In a place of even an acre or two the first consideration is 

 what can be got from the land in the way of actual return, and 

 the space for a kitchen-garden is almost the first consideration. 

 The demands of pleasure may march side by side with this 

 utilitarian requirement, but it is very rare to find a man laying 



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