1 86 THE NEW GARDENING 



its knoll will not look artificial will hardly, indeed, be 

 noticeable at all, because of the flowers on it. 



With these good qualities and defects before us we 

 may well consider whether it would be worth our while 

 to lay out our garden on the Japanese plan. I am probably 

 voicing the feelings of the majority of flower-lovers when 

 I say that we should do best to consider the Japanese 

 garden as an annexe to the garden rather than as the 

 garden itself. The Japanese garden lends itself admirably 

 to construction as a special feature. It might be made 

 a separate part of a garden, just as a Rose garden often 

 is. It would be a place apart. 



There are strong arguments in favour of sectionizing 

 a garden. A person who makes separate sections of 

 Roses, rockeries, Irises and other special features in 

 preference to adopting one large scheme which embraces 

 everything extends and prolongs the interest of a garden. 

 One glorious coup d'ceil of Roses, rockeries, shrubberies, 

 herbaceous borders and water is almost bewildering. 

 It requires the trained eye of an artist, used to visualiz- 

 ing every detail of a landscape with one rapid look, to 

 appreciate it properly. 



It is especially in small gardens that sectionizing is 

 advantageous. Except for those persons who are plants- 

 men first and always, and particularly except for those 

 who are one-plant gardeners, lavishing all their affection 

 and care on Roses, Sweet Peas, Carnations, or Dahlias, 

 the interest of a small garden evaporates speedily if 

 every portion of it can be seen at once. It attains the 

 cheap familiarity of a next-door neighbour who leaves 

 home at a fixed moment every morning, and returns at a 

 fixed hour every night. Divide that garden (not neces- 

 sarily, or even preferably, with stiff and mechanical 

 substances) into departments, and the interest is widened. 



