The Winning Designs 
would meet the eye when emerging from the house, 
the generally somewhat free arrangement of the lines, 
and the distinctly good method of making the approach 
to the kitchen pass through flowers round the corner 
of the house, make this arrangement altogether an 
advance on any other ideas presented. I think, how- 
ever, some further planting might have been introduced 
opposite the dining-room window. This window is 
only 20 feet from the road, and although some people 
might wish to be able to sit at dinner and see what is 
passing, most would prefer the seclusion given by some 
slight vegetation in such a position. Mr. Paton in his 
design (D) ignores the position of the entrance gate as 
given in the plan of site altogether, placing it in the 
north-west corner, an arrangement that scarcely looks 
happy even ona plan. The ‘“‘long bed’’ would pre- 
sent a fine opportunity for a colour display as seen 
from the dining-room, but this would, I think, be 
achieved.more successfully by making the border in 
front of the shrubs instead of so near the house. 
Neither Mr. B. M. Cory (E) nor Miss Isobel Harding 
(F) paid much serious attention to the front garden, 
contenting themselves with the most elementary treat- 
ment. Both, however, failed in this, that the area is 
seen at a glance to be too much cut up into quadrangles 
of various sizes. 
In one important feature every single competitor 
failed. No one considered it necessary to suggest 
anything in the nature of a climber for the house. The 
covered porch of such a house as was shown in the 
plan would make an admirable situation over which 
to train a Wistaria, Clematis, Jasmine, or Rose. The 
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