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foreshortens the view beyond. The architect 

 will probably wish to incorporate plans for ter- 

 race and steps into the house plans, and the 

 width of terrace and the position of steps is of 

 vital importance to the garden designer, and he 

 ought at least to have a voice in their disposition. 



The levelled lawns for games depend greatly 

 on the position of the house. It may happen 

 that a few feet difference may cause the necessary 

 destruction of fine trees in order to get full sized 

 courts. Lawn tennis courts should run north 

 and south. They must not be within 30 ft. of 

 windows, or 10 ft. in a parallel line ; and the most 

 level land should be chosen. 



Special attention must be paid to any good 

 trees. A fine tree worked into the general scheme, 

 looking as though it had been planted on purpose 

 gives an air to the newest garden. Near the 

 house the paths largely depend on doors, and it 

 is obviously important that the house in its rela- 

 tion to the trees should be considered. Many a 

 garden design has to be strained in order to make 

 use of fine timber, and contrariwise many a 

 splendid tree has had to go because its shade was 

 irreconcilable with the disposition of flower beds ; 

 whereas extra space gained by shifting the house 

 might have made that tree fill exactly a right 

 position. 



The prevalent idea that house and garden are 

 separable leads to disastrous arrangements of 



