110 COME INTO THE GARDEN 



the house, though fairly pleasant, is much 

 broken up, with absolutely no axial points. Of 

 course the ground outside it is also broken up 

 and disjointed; this would follow naturally, and 

 indeed is the case in almost all places of this 

 kind. The two things most imperative, there- 

 fore, if a garden of any real distinction is to 

 be expected, are something to give a sense of 

 greater space, and an axis that will pull every- 

 thing together — front and rear and side spaces, 

 and house and garden, too. Such a line and 

 only such a line w^ill unify all these totally unlil^e 

 and unrelated parts. 



The front-to-back axis of the wider space at 

 the side is the choice, although it cannot truth- 

 fully be called a "choice" as a matter of fact, 

 for it is really the only line from which any be- 

 ginning can be made. As soon as it is drawn it 

 vindicates its insistence, however, by instantly 

 revealing the key to the spaciousness which is 

 so essential. The entrance falls naturally on it 

 in the front ; and then the far distance at its ex- 

 treme other end immediately suggests a place 

 for something which shall attract the eye the 

 moment the entrance is reached, and distract 

 it from the smallness of all the rest. As an 

 actual fact the sundial as shown is more 

 than 85 feet from the gateway where it is first 



