Landscape Gardening 



venience and extra work might be occasioned by having any 

 of them done much out of the proper routine. 



The first thing to be set about — whether the place be 

 large or small — is to make a definite plan of proposed oper- 

 ations on a sufficiently enlarged scale. This should never be 

 omitted since the proportions of the various parts can be 

 judged of better on a plane surface, such as that of paper, 

 and greater consistency and harmony can be attained. It 

 will be advisable, also, to set out the walks, plantations, beds, 

 etc., from this plan, by actual measurement, and not simply 

 by the eye, to secure precisely the same easiness of lines and 

 adjustment of parts as in the plan, only modifying any of 

 these afterwards in such ways as an examination of the whole 

 from the many different points of view may render necessary. 



When the plan is made and the position for the house 

 fixed upon, the soil on the spot which the house will cover, 

 and for at least six or eight yards in width all around it, 

 should be stripped off, and partly taken away for the planta- 

 tions or kitchen garden, partly thrown up in a ridge around 

 the stripped area to be used after the house is completed in 

 covering such portion of the ground as may ultimately be 

 converted into garden. Space for the builders to work and 

 trample upon will thus be left, and there will also be room 

 for depositing the clay or rubbish from the foundations. 

 Beyond what will finally be wanted round the house itself, 

 the material from the foundations should, however, be at 

 once taken where it will be required, which will save the 

 trouble of moving it twice. 



To prevent the workmen employed in building the house 

 and those engaged in carting materials to it from making foot- 

 paths or roads over all parts of the ground, it will be prudent 

 as soon as the foundations for the house are excavated to 

 cut out the principal approach, drive, or walk, and fill it with 



