INTRODUCTION 



therefore, very essential that the owner is willing 

 to cooperate sympathetically with the designer, 

 to obtain a comprehensive understanding of what 

 the design means and of what the ultimate re- 

 sults are to be. It is to such cooperation that 

 Mr. DeForest, for instance, lays the success of his 

 design. 



It is of equal importance — especially in the case 

 of flower planting — that the client understands the 

 worth of the designer's supervision, not only while 

 the work is being done but also during its growth. 

 A share in the success of Miss Coffin's problem is 

 due to the owner's appreciation of the need of her 

 occasional visits of inspection — several are made 

 each year — ^when all the little planting details are 

 looked after so that the garden retains its perennial 

 charm without a single lapse. 



These fifteen problems are of such diversity in 

 design and planting that they exhibit many prin- 

 ciples of landscape art as they are applied to the 

 small place. They emphasize the fact that while 

 all problems are governed by the same laws, each 

 demands an individual treatment. I considered 

 it valuable, therefore, to give a chapter to each 

 problem. Each chapter is illustrated with a plan 

 and with enough pictures to vivify the essential 



