GARDEN DESIGN 



formal in such ground is as right in its 

 way as the lawn in a garden in the 

 Thames valley. But ;the lawn is the 

 heart of the true English garden, and as 

 essential as the terrace is to the gardens 

 on the steep hills. English lawns have 

 too often been destroyed that " geo- 

 metrical " gardens may be made where 

 they are not only needless, but harmful 

 both to the garden and home landscape. 

 Sometimes on level ground the terrace 

 walls cut off the view of the landscape 

 from the house, and, on the other hand, 

 the house from the landscape ! 



I hold that it is possible to get every 

 charm of a garden and every use of a 

 country-seat without sacrifice of the 

 picturesque or beautiful ; that there is 

 no reason why, either in the working or 

 design of gardens, there should be a single 

 false line in them. By this I mean hard 

 and ugly lines such as the earth never 

 follows, as say, to mention a place known 



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