Preface 



IN writing this book I have purposely omitted 

 everything of a purely horticultural nature, 

 such as instructions on cultivation and lists of 

 suitable subjects for different soils and situations. 

 There are already numberless good works dealing 

 with that side of garden design. Indeed, in the 

 stress laid upon contents, form has been neglected, 

 and since the gardener's resources have been so 

 enormously developed by the introduction of new 

 plants, and the improvement of old, the art of 

 design in the garden has deteriorated. Within 

 the last few years it has revived, thanks to a band 

 of architects who realized the unity of house and 

 garden, and were not content to see a carefully 

 planned house surrounded by a haphazard arrange- 

 ment of mixed vegetation. 



Without going into the old controversy as to 

 whether or not the architect should also do the 

 garden, I would suggest that there are many men 

 whose knowledge of horticulture is their strength, 

 and who are perfectly capable of laying out grounds 

 artistically, with due regard to the house and the 



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