CHAPTER IV 
THE WINNING DESIGNS CONSIDERED IN 
DETAIL 
SITE No. 1: WITH SIX GARDEN PLANS AND HINTS 
ON MAKING A SUNDIAL PEDESTAL 
THIS is a rectangular plot, 40 feet wide by 120 feet 
long, of which the house occupies about one-fourth of 
the area. In many respects this was the most difficult 
problem of the four. To the gardener there exists 
nothing to stimulate the imagination in such surround- 
ings and conditions, and the winning competitors were 
therefore the more to be congratulated on the fact that 
they produced designs distinctly dissimilar in concep- 
tion, and all ensuring more or less variety in the general 
atrangement. 
I will first consider the front gardens. On page 22 
is a reproduction of the first-prize design for this site. 
The frent garden arrangement in this plan is perhaps its 
worst point. It could scarcely be other than severe in 
general outline, but little or no attempt has been made 
to relieve its square monotony, unless the planting of 
the Prunus is suggested for this purpose. The hedge 
is a necessity, and nothing can be more desirable than 
the simple green enclosure a hedge gives to such a 
situation. Whether Laurustinus is the best material 
to use for such a purpose is a question worth asking. 
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