250 GARDEN DESIGN 



expose the brickwork. A little lawn runs below 

 the open parapet, and the ground has a slight 

 change of level which permits a drop of two 

 steps. The sketch was made of the garden the 

 summer after the March when the laying out was 

 finished. Formerly it had been a garden in the 

 " mixed style," with bedding-out placed without 

 method on a gravel setting. 



The drawings on pages 248-9 give a good idea of 

 the suitability of the formal style to small plots. 

 The irregular plan probably looked much better on 

 the ground than it does on paper, but the alterations 

 undoubtedly makes an interesting garden. It is 

 more elaborate than an English designer would 

 approve for so small a house, but allowing for 

 that it is a decided improvement on the previous 

 arrangement. 



Owing to the difficulty of making small plots in- 

 teresting in design, special attention should be 

 given to the planting. A well-thought-out colour 

 scheme goes far to turn the mind from poor sur- 

 roundings, not that planting should ever be al- 

 lowed to take foremost place in a garden, any 

 more than colour can atone for bad drawing in a 

 picture. 



MAKING THE MOST OF OPPORTUNITIES 



EVERY soil has its possibilities and limitations, 

 and it is truer art to develop natural resources 



