THE CHOICE OF A SITE AND ITS TREATMENT. 



There remain only two other prominent features for consideration, the stream and the The 

 paddock. The former is left much in its natural state with the exception of the insertion Paddock. 

 of a little rockwork such as that shown in illustration No. 261, and the enlargement of 

 some of the pools to accommodate aquatic plants. The paddock is placed to the South- 

 east of the house with convenient access to the public road and is brought into the 

 garden scheme by the arrangement of the plantations both within it and near its boundary. 



Of the planting it is not necessary to speak at length as the whole subject is dealt 

 with in a subsequent chapter. The chief points are to ensure shelter at one or two points 

 and to frame and enhance the existing views to the South. 



FIG. 14. 



We have thus glanced briefly over all the more prominent of the many problems which j-fo va i ue 

 beset the prospective owner of a new domain in choosing his site and deciding the broad lines O f compact- 

 on which it is to be developed. Details must be left to be dealt with, each in its own separate ness in 

 chapter. It is of course impossible to illustrate every point in this complex undertaking from planning. 

 one site, however typical that one may be. Thus, the value of compactness and agreement 

 between the several indoor and outdoor departments of a country residence cannot be over- 

 estimated. How far this principle may be carried is shown on the plan in Illustration No. 13, 

 of a house and garden now in course of erection in South Wales. The site is a very elevated 

 one, with a slope to the South-west, though on the Eastern side there is a partly level stretch 

 extending to the highway. As the house has been developed from an old cottage and farm- 



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