48 COME INTO THE GARDEN 



the fancy somewhere, sometime. If creation 

 has whimsically tilted the ground appropriated 

 to your use at ever so steep an angle, that angle 

 should not only be accepted as a motif, but it 

 should be emphasized. Go farther than tolera- 

 tion — or resignation. Seize upon the extrava- 

 gance of a site always and make it the feature 

 of the place; develop the plan of both house 

 and grounds not merely to fit the situation but 

 to require it. There is a great difference in 

 spirit between these two — as great a difference 

 as always lies between negative and positive. 

 And as great a difference will show in results. 



For example, the house and garden occupying 

 what has facetiously been dubbed a vertical 

 plot should be developed up and down — verti- 

 cally as well as horizontally. Different levels in 

 both should be emphasized, and may even be 

 exaggerated sometimes, by any device that will 

 tend to do this. Topping a height with tall, 

 straight trees, like poplars, is one means to this 

 end, while the use of a spirited architecture of 

 rising lines is another. Entrances to the house 

 at various levels which evolve of themselves in 

 adjusting to such a site contribute greatly to 

 the charm of the whole and create an interest 

 of the quaint and unexpected indoors and out, 

 as well as opportunity for the most delightful 



