THE PRACTICAL BOOK OF 

 GARDEN ARCHITECTURE 



INTRODUCTION 



Whether the owner of a property supervises its 

 ornamental development or places the work in the 

 hands of a professional, the requirement of a prac- 

 tical book on the subject is equally great. If the 

 first need is the more obvious, the second is quite 

 as real, for how shall an owner be able intelligently 

 to consider the plans and suggestions of his garden 

 architect unless he himself has some adequate knowl- 

 edge of the subject? Much waste of good money, 

 much upheaval of work done and not liked, much 

 dissatisfaction with the final effect have resulted 

 simply from the lack of such knowledge as is com- 

 pendiously given in this volume. 



For the man or the woman who is supervising 

 the actual work done, or perhaps even doing it with 

 his or her own hands, this book will be found to sup- 

 ply practical directions of a specific character. 



At this very beginning of the volume the author 



wishes, too, to say a word regarding the city "yard" 

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