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left to the last because, although it is in its pur- 

 pose an ornament, it is at the same time a struc- 

 tural feature — there is just one positive thing to 

 be said with regard to its position. An arch 

 should always be at a point of transition from 

 one part or phase of the garden to another — 

 and never anywhere else. In other words, re- 

 gard it as a door, and imagine that it leads 

 through a wall; then you will have a true idea 

 of the difference which should be apparent, be- 

 tween the parts which it connects. 



This gives it a raisoii d'etre, and it at once 

 acquires the character and importance which 

 should distinguish it, however simple and crude 

 the materials of which it is constructed. Let 

 it mark an end and a beginning always; never 

 put it midway of a path or in the garden's cen- 

 ter. Even though it leads through no wall 

 which obscures that which lies beyond, this 

 definite dividing function which is peculiarly 

 its own, this ceremonial leaving and entering 

 which it expresses, must never be taken away 

 from it. Subject to this one limitation and 

 necessity, it may be used with excellent ejffect at 

 almost any portion of the grounds or garden. 



