OF greatly to the impression of unity and the feel- 

 s ing of home. Especially should the garden be 

 open to view from doors and windows, that in 

 all seasons and in all kinds of weather one may 

 realize the oneness of the home. In other 

 words, the relation of house and garden should 

 be close, so that passing from one into the 

 other will be as natural as passing from room 

 to room within the house. 



The garden itself should have an air of re- 

 pose. As we enter some room of the house with 

 a sense of its air of more personal interest and 

 privacy, so we should be made to feel as we go 

 into the garden that here is a place apart from 

 the world's busy life where we may find rest 

 and peace. We should find what John Henry 

 Newman meant by a "garden mystically." 

 It should be "a place of spiritual repose, still- 

 ness, peace, refreshment, delight." 



For what we call expression in the garden, 

 as well as in the house, nothing is more essen- 

 tial than a certain air of refinement always rec- 

 ognizable. The requirement whether in house 



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