106 COME INTO THE GARDEN 



perchance a large tree has grown up in the 

 wrong place. But this we will come to later. 



So all the way back to that first step we may 

 go, and thus make a beginning with the second 

 — the garden design. Of course this will be 

 greatly influenced by the work already done, 

 but after all it is not of necessity absolutely 

 determined in all its parts by this. And its 

 possibilities, though perhaps not as great as 

 they might have been with a different start, are 

 not by any means even hinted at in the usual 

 negligent acceptance of it as it stands. With a 

 plan of the ground and the house in its place on 

 the ground, therefore, before us, let us begin the 

 work just as we would go on from this point if 

 it had been possible to start at the beginning. 



The firsts thing in design is the border, quite 

 as truly now as in the other instances; so the 

 border allowance is the first thing to be laid off 

 on the plan. How much this shall be depends 

 on the border that is to be used, of course, but 

 an allowance of two feet all around will cover 

 wall and fruits, hedge, fence and fruits, or fence 

 and flower border; this may, therefore, be made 

 and the kind of an inclosure decided upon later. 

 Then to the actual design — which is to be uni- 

 fied, you will recall, and held together first of 

 all by giving it an axis from which to grow. 



