The view as seen from the house should, generally speaking, follow the direction 

 of the garden ; that is to say, should be parallel to the long axis rather than at 

 right angles to it. The full effect of the garden in perspective is thus obtained, 

 and the whole, composed as a whole, will form one picture, while the charm 

 of detail is discovered later. 



An examination of the sketch plans at the end of this book will show that 

 the shapes and relative proportions of the various parts may be many. Often these 

 shapes and proportions are controlled by some predetermined factor ; often they 

 are merely the result of study. In the more simple gardens, and the simpler 



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PLAN OF A GARDEN AT ST. JAMES, LONG ISLAND, N.Y. 



STANFORD WHITE, ESQ., ARCHITECT 



they are the better they are apt to be, the form is usually rectangular, some- 

 times ending in a half circle or ellipse. A good typical plan is that of the garden 

 at St. James, Long Island, N. Y., shown on this page. (Compare Plates xn., 

 xiii., and xiv.) Here, as in many other good examples, there are central paths 

 and two sets of lateral paths running at right angles to each other. Where such 

 paths cross in the centre, statues, fountains, sun-dials, basins, or pools may be placed; 

 or if the garden be long in proportion to its width, the motive may be repeated so 

 as to form two centres, as, for example, in the garden at Pomfret, Conn., shown 

 in Plates xxxv. to xxxix. Frequent subdivisions of the garden beds are necessary, 

 and a rectangular rather than a curvilinear treatment of them seems to be the 

 more pleasing, though a charming example of the latter style may be seen in 

 the garden at New Castle, Del., shown in Plates LXXII. and LXXIII. 



