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part of the garden should in some degree rival their 

 attractions. A really fundamental or basic garden 

 spirit should prevail throughout the grounds so that 

 visitors as well as yourself will feel that the dwell- 



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ing and its contents are not the only permanent at- 

 tractions on the premises. 



Do not place any object or strive for an effect 

 merely because another has such things. Have your 

 garden smack of originality. If you have elsewhere 

 observed something you desire do not have an exact 

 reproduction, but show your personal taste in slight 

 changes and modifications, weaving in throughout 



