A larger 

 detached 

 residence. 



EXAMPLES OF GARDEN DESIGN. 



been considered all round, and this fact may have added something to their quiet repose- 

 ful feeling. The Corbels is the more distant of the houses in illustration No. 378. 

 Since this plan was drawn, an additional strip of ground has been purchased, making it 

 possible to construct the grass walk and borders shown in accompanying photograph 

 (111. No. 381). 



GARDENS FOR A LARGER DETACHED RESIDENCE. 



This provides another example of a garden only slightly larger than the last, which 

 was laid out some seven years ago for the late Mr. Robert R. Mawson on a site imme- 

 diately opposite the main entrance to the well-known Windermere Nursery Gardens, of 



SHRIBLANDS 

 WINDERMERE 



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FIG. 383. 



which he was the owner. The nursery and the residence were planned in relation to 

 one another, the main entrance door and porch to the latter being so placed that the 

 path up to them from the highway continued the lines of the vista down the principal 

 path of the former. 



The Nursery grounds being leasehold, there was always the possibility that they might 

 be abandoned in favour of another site, and it was therefore desired that some of the 

 conservatories and plant houses, together with accommodation for the clerical staff, should 



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