FORMAL GARDEN 
7. At right angles to this major axis a minor axis should be 
developed. In some cases two or three minor axes are permissible. 
In rare cases also the minor axis may be merely indicated or entirely 
suppressed. 
8. The minor axis or axes must be distinctly subordinate to 
the major axis in all particulars, — in width, in length (usually), 
Fig. 76. GENneRAL View or A ForMAL GARDEN 
in interest and in termini (see 10, 11 and 12). In a garden having 
several minor axes their combined length should be less than the 
length of the major axis. 
9. Major and minor axes will often be treated as paths. These 
paths should be nicely proportioned to the size of the gardens. 
As a mere suggestion the width of the path on the major axis may 
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