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chosen for the boundary, therefore, as time 

 wasted; analyze each from every point of view, 

 and do not settle upon anything without know- 

 ing that it is the best thing for the place in 

 question. 



Further, let me say that whatever is being 

 considered let it always be regarded as a pro- 

 tective barrier and never be regarded as an orna- 

 ment, in itself. Ornamental a well-designed and 

 well-built fence or wall, or well-kept hedge, as- 

 suredly may be and will be; but it is never for 

 the purpose of ornamenting that it is built — and 

 for an outer boundary especially the quality of 

 unobtrusiveness is the one to court. Within a 

 garden of a certain type, treillage and elaborate 

 latticework and fencing are appropriate, but 

 this sort of thing should never be used to separ- 

 ate private ground from the highway or from 

 adjoining lands. Whatever is ultimately dis- 

 covered to be the proper boundary treatment to 

 harmotiize with the house and the grounds in a 

 given environment, therefore, is to be designed 

 finally with a view to keeping it in a low key and 

 never to attracting attention to it or to occa- 

 sioning remark at its striking character. 



It is of course only possible to generalize in 

 somewhat broad terms with regard to the suit- 

 ability of the various kinds of boundary treat- 



