God the first garden made, and the first city Cain." 



— Cowley. 



CHAPTER VIII 



The Place That is Started 



THERE are of course a vast number of gar- 

 dens waiting to be made that cannot be 

 taken in hand from the bare ground up — and 

 here we confront special conditions and special 

 problems quite unlilve those which are a part 

 of garden making where it has a more ideal 

 start. They are enough like each other, how- 

 ever, to make a general survey of them possible; 

 and general suggestions concerning them may 

 be more helpful perhaps than an attempt at 

 detailed directions for their treatment might be. 

 The one thing is to approach the problem ex- 

 pectantly and confidently. 



The process of building a place up is of course 

 the same, whatever the conditions, and succes- 

 sive steps follow each other whether the start 

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