CHAPTEE III 



HOW TO PLAN 



Thougli where art is concerned, rules are fre- 

 quently "more honored in the breach than in 

 the observance," still there are certain princi- 

 ples, all general in character, which, if followed, 

 will lead the beginner safely past the commoner 

 faults observed in yard ornamentation. These 

 principles are as simple and obvious in point 

 of reason as they are few in number and all 

 of them are so fundamental that no grounds, 

 of whatever size, can be tastefully embellished 

 without observing them. They might be called, 

 as they are here set forth, the "ten command- 

 ments of ornamental gardening. ' ' 



PRINCIPLES OF ARRANGEMENT 



I. Preserve unbroken stretches of lawn of as 

 great length as possible in one or more places, 

 according to the size of the lot. 



II. Set the tallest-growing plants nearest the 

 boundaries of the yard and those of shorter 



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