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croquet lawn the designer has the choice of 

 two courses. He may allot it a space to 

 itself, enclosing it by a hedge or screen of trees 

 or shrubs, and thus put it out of sight as some- 

 thing not altogether in harmony with the 

 decorative scheme of the garden, or he may 

 let it frankly proclaim itself as an obvious 

 feature and component part of the garden 

 design. There is something to be said for 

 both plans. In a garden of straight lines the 

 rectangle of turf set aside for tennis or croquet 

 would not be so conspicuous a feature as in a 

 type of garden in which a naturalesque effect 

 was aimed at, and winding walks were ele- 

 ments in the design. 



There is no need to make hard and fast 

 boundaries to the tennis or croquet lawn. It 

 may be constituted upon any convenient and 

 sufficiently roomy stretch of level turf where 

 the game and horticulture are not likely to 

 come into conflict. 



Tennis lawns made upon ground which 

 carries a marked slope are not always sightly 

 features, reminding one of the idea one forms 

 of the "hanging gardens" of Babylon. Such 

 lawns may be considered indispensable, and 



