DESIGNING A GARDEN 41 



with the design; in other words, the house it- 

 self will furnish the first motif or form in the 

 design. And the principal doors or porches or 

 porch entrances or windows will furnish incep- 

 tive points from which the secondary motifs 

 will proceed. Just what form these shall take 

 and just how they shall be unified in spite of 

 their diversity, are things which each designer 

 must decide for himself — and for the particular 

 situation which he is at work upon. Now, there- 

 fore, we come to considering the design as ap- 

 plied to the ground, rather than to a flat ab- 

 stract surface of the given form. 



Here we are at once quite beyond the realm 

 of certainty or rule, and only by the aid of 

 diagrams will it be possible for me to general- 

 ize even, with any chance of being understood. 

 Four designs, therefore, are shown; but in none 

 of these are more than the main features given, 

 it being my wish only to suggest here principles 

 for guidance which may be applied universally, 

 rather than actually to give detailed designs. 



Starting with the house, in detailed plan, 

 located upon the ground, the successive steps 

 in the working up of each design are explained. 

 That this natural development of the design 

 by logical steps requires the detailed house 

 plan is obvious; let nothing induce you to 



