EXAMPLES OF GARDEN DESIGN. 



Small 



detached 



residence. 



floor apartments are worked out on the plans. It will be noticed that the site is 

 bounded by public roads on the South, East and North sides, the ground to the S.W. of 

 the garden being planted as an orchard. The houses are placed much nearer the South 

 than the North boundaries, as this portion of the ground is considerably more elevated 

 than the remainder. In designing the gardens it was decided to have one tennis lawn 

 in common on the S.W., and that both houses should conjointly use the walks connecting 

 with the several public roads, but to divide the remainder of the ground as equally 

 as possible. A deep terrace, 15 feet wide in front, and on the N.W. end of the house, 

 is connected with the entertaining rooms by the verandah ; between this and the lawn 

 tennis ground, is a second terrace, 25 feet wide, both terraces being supported by rough 

 broken-coursed walls, coped with thick Westmorland slates, with rough steps to foster 



FIG. 377. 



THE NUMBERS ON THE PLAN INDICATE : (l)PORCH, (2 ) ENTRANCE LOBBY, (3 ) DRAWING ROOM, (4) STUDY, (5 ) DINING ROOM, 



(6) KITCHEN, (/) SCULLERY, (8) YARD, (9) VERANDAH, (lO) LOWER TERRACE. 



the growth of spleenwort and other ferns, as shown in the photograph. An outcrop of 

 virgin rock which existed on the site of the terrace walls was left partly uncovered, so 

 as to give accommodation for rock plants, and from this the higher terrace wall rises 

 quite naturally. 



Beech hedges divide the tennis ground from the orchard on the South-west, and the 

 flower border and main walk from the kitchen garden on the North-west side. The 

 acute angle enclosed by the two roads at the North corner of the site is planted with 

 evergreen shrubs, growing to a considerable height to screen the garden from some 

 cottages on the opposite side of the road. All the flower borders are filled with choice 

 hardy perennials and sweet-scented and free-flowering roses, and all the walls are covered 

 with a selection of clematis, climbing roses, and other hardy climbers. 



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