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THE COMPLETE HOME LANDSCAPE 



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 -A suggested planting plan for a small, square formal garden 



3. The area should be level or nearly so. Where it slopes distinctly 

 it should be brought to two or more levels by terracing. 



4. The formal garden should be wholly and distinctly enclosed by 

 buildings, walls, hedges, or shrub borders. Occasional outlooks may 

 be provided through or over these bounds, but they must be managed 

 with great skill. 



5. In the rectangular space no definite proportion between length 

 and breadth is obligatory, but best results can usually be secured with 

 a ratio of about seven or eight to five. 



6. Each garden must have as its chief structural feature a major 

 axis. This will nearly always be developed on the median longitudinal 



