Gardens for Smdili Coknti:^ Houses: 



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INTRODUCTION. 



Relation of Gavden to House— -Importance of Preserving or Creating Character — 



Hillside Gardens — Owlpen Manor and Markyate Cell — Misuse of Conifers — Beauty of 



Native Evergreens^V arious Sites — Yew and Other Hedges — Topiary Work in Small 



Gardens — Walls — Treillage — Quiet Entrances — Planting at House-foot. 



IT is upon the right relation of the garden to the house that its value and the 

 enjoyment that is to be derived from it will largely depend. The connection 

 must be intimate, and the access not only convenient but inviting. The house, 

 in the greater number of cases, will stand "upon a shght platform, not only because it 

 is better that it should be raised above the ground-level, but also because the making 



FIG. n. CLOSE CONNECTION OF HOUSE AND GARDEN. 



