TEXTBOOK OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING 
3. The area should be level or nearly so. Where it slopes dis- 
tinctly 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, etc. Occasional outlooks may be pro- 
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vided through or over these bounds. but they must be managed with 
great skill. 
5. In this rectangular space no definite proportion between 
length and breadth is obligatory, but best .results can usually be 
secured with a ratio about 7: 5 or 8: 5. 
6. Each garden must have as its chief structural feature a 
major axis. This will nearly always be developed on the median 
longitudinal line. In exceptional cases the main axis may be de- 
veloped transversely to the greatest length of the garden. 
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