THE SMALL PLACE 



front of the garage. It is an essential of good 

 planning that the service part be cut off and 

 entirely hidden from the garden and yet there 

 should be easy access between them. In fact 

 it is essential to have easy communication be- 

 tween all the various parts of the grounds and 

 there is an added interest if in the leisurely in- 

 spection of the grounds there need be no retracing 

 of steps. 



In choosing the site for the garden it is interesting 

 to note that the existing orchard and old trees were 

 not disturbed. In order to relieve the flatness of 

 the property of its monotony, several slight changes 

 in level were made in the garden design. The 

 Box bordered Rose beds in the center help to 

 emphasize the sunken garden effect and the peren- 

 nial borders around them form a transition be- 

 tween the low Roses and the tall trees behind. 

 All the main paths are of gravel but these in the 

 formal garden are of grass. Such changes inmate- 

 rial help to make attractive gardens. The seats, 

 vases, and statues in the garden are the owner's 

 own collection and although it is difficult to ar- 

 range for so many different objects so that they 

 will fit together the simple broad formal design 

 of the garden, the simplicity of the pool, and the 



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