18 FLOWER GARDENING 
the house is not right architecturally, strive to con- 
ceal its defects by beginning the garden there, so 
to speak. Sometimes a single vine or a few shrubs 
or evergreens will chasten architecture wonder- 
fully, and at the same time serve to bridge the 
house with the garden. 
An Italian villa would better have an Italian 
garden, a Georgian house a formal design of the 
English type, a rambling farmhouse an old-fash- 
ioned layout of no set form, a house built on rocky 
ground a rock garden, and so on. This is speak- 
ing broadly; in actual practice, so far as the aver- 
age place of moderate size is concerned, the idea 
is not so much a garden that is technically accurate 
for its class as one that in its lines, or some dis- 
tinguishing feature, suggests that class. Nor, as 
has previously been said, is there any need of its 
going by this, that or the other name; it may 
have a dominant Italian note in the broad view, 
as seen with the house, but at close range reveal 
such a variety of adapted touches that it can.be 
called only the garden. 
There is no occasion to fear that this limitation 
of plans will be a serious barrier to the expression 
of individual preference; the combinations that can 
be worked out are endless. The real limitations 
enter when decision must further depend on cli- 
mate, soil, exposure to sun and wind and whether 
the house is occupied at all seasons, not to mention 
the matter of time. All these things must be 
considered, and considered well. 
