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land " has been passed we reach the garden 

 proper, and notice on the left a pretty 

 masonry fountain, illustrated in Fig. go. 

 The setting-out of the rest of the garden is 

 sufficiently indicated by the general plan 

 (Fig. 89). 



A site almost square and flat without 

 natural features offers a blank cheque in the 

 matter of design. In Fig. 93 is illustrated 

 such a garden laid out at Dorchester, Dorset, 

 by Mr. Morley Horder, the architect of the 

 house. It shows a useful division of the 

 space into flower and kitchen gardens. As 

 Herman wrote in his Vulgaria, " the knotte 

 garden serveth for pleasure, the potte 

 garden for profitte." Importance is given 

 to the scheme by the wall in alternate- 

 bays, which divides the two main divisions 

 and ties them both to the house. A photo- 

 graph of a similar wall in another garden 

 is reproduced in Chapter X. The two long 

 pergolas which reach out from the house 

 southwards serve a like purpose. A word 

 must also be written about the very useful 

 plan of a narrow suburban garden site 

 shown in Fig. 95, and by sketch in Fig. 94. 

 The ground treated measures only fifty by 

 . :|;wo hundred and ten feet. The garden on 

 the entrance side is happily managed. It 

 is divided by a tall yew hedge running east 

 and west, so that a pretty little square 

 garden, walled on the north and west sides, 

 is provided for the sole pleasure of the 

 servants. The entrance court adjoining it 

 is left perfectly simple with grass margins 

 to the paved walk. Flowers are con- 

 centrated on the low terrace, which is reached 

 from the. loggia. A hedge divides it from 

 the tennis lawn, which is surrounded by 

 hme trees, presently to be pleached. The 

 success of the scheme is the result in no 

 small measure of not attempting too much, 

 which is the usual fault in very limited 

 gardens. 



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FIG. 95. — GOOD ARRANGEMENT OF NARROW PLOT. 



