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picturesque is what I may term "reticence." 

 It is not well to aim at giving too comprehen- 

 sive a view of the garden from any one point. 

 The planning should be so contrived that the 

 various garden features are seen one at a time 

 as it is traversed from end to end. This may 

 be arranged by judicious screening, for which 

 trees, shrubs, arches, trellises, and other objects 

 may be employed. Much may be done in the 

 planting to attain this very desirable quality. 

 A long herbaceous border, filled with flowers 

 carefully graded in height, the tall ones all 

 standing at the back and the short ones in 

 front, presents a rather monotonous vista. 

 Its charm is greatly enhanced if the process 

 is partly reversed, so that here and there a 

 bold clump of flower or foliage is allowed to 

 push forward, thereby screening what lies 

 beyond; and incidentally this arrangement 

 has value in affording shelter^ to the smaller 

 and more tender plants lying between their 

 robuster companions. 



Nothing is more delightful than to pass 

 along such a border, finding something new and 

 unexpected every few yards. 



Again, the garden may be divided up into 



