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seen at the end of a vista or where walks converge, or as a cen- 

 tral idea. If, beyond the garden, a distant landscape is of- 

 fered, study the possibility of having it framed in by branches 

 of trees. A remarkable example of this is the manner the 

 Japanese have pictured under innumerable phases their favor- 

 ite mountain, Fugi-yama, always represented with a tree in 

 the foreground, enhancing, but not concealing, the view. 



Keep the garden closely related to the house, where it may 

 be enjoyed from the windows or a piazza. If necessary cut a 

 window down into a door leading out to it. Plant sweet- 

 scented honeysuckle and other fragrant things where the south 

 wind, the prevailing quarter in the summer, may blow the 

 fragrance through the house. 



