PRACTICAL BOOK OF GARDEN ARCHITECTURE 



fourth offense overloading it has been considered 

 wise to caution against the introduction of acces- 

 sories which are larger and more ornate than the 

 principal things. A handsome wall of cut stone, for 

 instance, should not be erected around a brick or 

 frame house. Neither should the front gateway be 

 so large and ornate that it will dwarf the residence 

 and garden surroundings to which it gives entrance. 

 One special feature of embellishment should not be 

 allowed to give others the appearance of inferiority. 

 No accessory should be too heavy and imposing for 

 the house itself. 



But the rules of art are reasonable and not arbi- 

 trary, as many misapprehend : the Greek temple, so 

 called, does not harmonize with a Tudor or Moorish 

 house, but it will, if simple, go with a Colonial one ; 

 because both are classical in spirit. Many individual 

 features of the garden beautiful that would clash 

 when carelessly placed in juxtaposition will prove 

 entirely appropriate when intervening shrubbery 

 screens them from one another. In woods gar- 

 dens and various forms of surprise gardens where 

 distinctive vistas are screened from one another, the 

 owner may exercise his hobby in some quaint type 

 of old-world treatment without interfering with the 

 general characteristics surrounding the house. 

 While it is generally understood that Japanese land- 



