52 GARDEN PLANNING 



growing flowers, become complementary, and 

 offer opportunity for many charming effects, 

 and for the creation of a fine vista. The narrow 

 border would on one side abut on the grass 

 plot, and short transverse extensions of it 

 might be carried into the grass area to break 

 its inner line and to extend the flower space 

 laterally. Such offshoots from a long border 

 become partial screens, helping to secure 

 that quality which I have already referred 

 to as "reticence." 



It is by no means necessary that every border 

 should be served by a path. On the con- 

 trary, variety of effect is assisted by intro- 

 ducing a border between the grass and the 

 boundary fence, say on the side of the garden 

 opposite to the main walk. These points I 

 shall further elucidate when I come to consider 

 special examples. The main point I wish to 

 emphasize at this stage is that the borders, 

 in which the gardener aims at securing his 

 principal flower display, should be in full sun, 

 and served by the principal path. I also 

 desire to make it clear that these borders must 

 be the dominating factor in the design, for 

 it is not too much to say that they constitute 



