THE SMALL PLACE 



sunk so far below the house that even when the 

 hedges grow to full height the view from the house 

 across the meadows will be free and the garden 

 detail will not disturb the open feeling of the 

 meadows. They are easily reached from the dining 

 room and porch by two flights of steps, and so are 

 closely united to the house. Full of sunlight and 

 color, full of shadow and restful green, the garden 

 arid terrace are quiet out-of-door rooms, a charm- 

 ing addition to the house interpreting in their own 

 peculiar manner the prevailing character of the 

 house. Such an achievement in garden art is due 

 to an intuitive feeling of fitness, to a sense of 

 "perfect placing" which gives to that which is the 

 object of infinite care and anxious thought the 

 appearance of perfect naturalness. 



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