12 GARDEN PLANNING 



Heavy clay 71 . 1 



Brick-earth 68.4 



Chalk 61.8 



Humus 49 .o 



The coldness of a damp site is due to the 

 absorption of heat resulting from evaporation. 



When the prospective garden owner is able to 

 purchase rather than merely to rent the prop- 

 erty the question of the garden site may well 

 receive more earnest consideration. 



Individual tastes differ greatly on the ques- 

 tion of what is or is not a valuable site. One 

 person may desire seclusion, and on that 

 account may prefer his small domain circum- 

 scribed by natural limits to the view; 

 another may value the panoramic prospect to 

 be obtained from an eminence, finding the 

 pleasures of his garden enhanced by the land- 

 scape beyond. 



Other considerations may have weight, but 

 in all cases the proximity of an eyesore in the 

 immediate surroundings is to be avoided. 

 Ugly buildings, waste land scattered with 

 rubbish, small property inhabited by unde- 

 sirable people, a cemetery, factory, or gas 

 works should disqualify an otherwise desirable 



