BOUNDARY TREATMENTS 71 



close-set type in order to make the setting apart 

 complete. 



Which prompts me to observe that it is after 

 all something of a psychological problem, this 

 whole matter of boundary barriers, as well as a 

 problem of actual protection. For it is neces- 

 sary to seem protected as well as to be protected 

 — but not to establish a sense of fortification in 

 doing this, since after all it is only against peace- 

 ful invasion that defense is being established. 

 To do enough without doing more than enough 

 is, therefore, a matter of real concern, and re- 

 straint is very necessary in the small garden. 



Of high and latticed ornamental fences it 

 may be said that their function as screens is 

 perfectly legitimate and their use is to be en- 

 couraged if circumstances demand them; but 

 this is rarely on the street side of a dwelling, 

 since on this side none of the actual garden 

 features that invite to intimate use and com- 

 panionship will be located. And there is an 

 element of the bizarre in a fence of this char- 

 acter which strikes the beholder more forcibly 

 than we desire. They are dramatic — or even 

 melodramatic — and that is the thing we are 

 avoiding. 



If a street exposure must be inclosed with a 

 high fence for one reason or another, a better 



