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and Solomon's Seal would thrive in such a 

 border, as well as a multitude of other plants. 



When the house ' does not stand squarely 

 within its boundaries, or when the garden 

 boundaries are straight but not rectangular, as 

 in a plot which tapers in the direction of its 

 length, the problem requires some special consid- 

 eration; but usually means may be devised to 

 bring the garden details into harmony with 

 these disconcerting factors, as a perusal of 

 some of the plans in Chapter XX will show. 



I have said that the paths exist for utility. 

 That is so in a large measure, but they have a 

 further value, in linking together the other 

 elements of the garden. Moreover, a path is 

 an objective invitation to walk through the 

 garden and enjoy its beauties. A garden 

 without a path would hardly satisfy the eye. 

 On the other hand, nothing is so wasteful of 

 space, or so irritating to the eye, as a multitude 

 of paths cutting up the garden into small 

 compartments and destroying the breadth 

 of the picture. 



There are two principal points in every path, 

 or should be the beginning and the end. 

 Paths which start nowhere and end at a blank 



