254 GARDEN DESIGN 



upset of existing design ; or merely a desire to 

 improve. Obviously, if a reason exists this must 

 count uppermost in the designer's schemes, and 

 the straightforward method is to take a plan of 

 the ground as it is, and mark thereon in red the 

 suggested changes. Or he may follow Rep ton's 

 more elaborate method and prepare a plan on 

 tracing cloth to lay over the original lines. The 

 client should be asked to name any trees or 

 features that he wishes to retain, which of course 

 should be respected as far as possible. 



When mere improvements, or change of fashion 

 is desired, the designer has a more difficult task. 

 He has the architecture of the house to consider, 

 and probably a large number of well grown trees 

 and shrubberies which the client wishes to 

 preserve. Plans of the original ground, and the 

 alterations should be drawn and submitted, and 

 with them the designer is recommended to 

 state in writing his reasons for his scheme, 

 which often weigh more than the most attractive 

 drawings. 



Additions to gardens are always interesting 

 work from the difficulty of linking up the extra 

 ground with the existing design. The new piece 

 should never appear as a patch on the old. The 

 simplest method of producing a coherent effect 

 is to carry forward one of the existing main paths 

 into the new part, and from that to make branch 

 paths. The continuation of herbaceous beds and 



