Clipped Shrubs 
and if perchance the house were not all one could 
desire it should be, remember that indifferent architec- 
ture can sometimes be redeemed from mere ugliness 
by good and careful planting, which I believe is an 
apposite quotation from some author whose name I 
have forgotten. 
In concluding my remarks on this design I feel 
constrained to express once more regret that this com- 
petitor did not give us a little more information as to 
the plants, trees, shrubs, etc., he would use therein. 
To emphasize the point that so much of success or 
failure depends thereon, I will make use of the words 
of a well-known writer on gardens: ‘‘ Formality is 
often essential to the plan of a garden, but never to 
the arrangement of its flowers or shrubs.”’ 
The perspective drawing showing a design for the 
site by Miss I. Grant Brown (G), shows a distinctly 
different treatment. The thickly planted border of 
shrubs sheltering the garden from the north winds is 
an idea that could be adopted in many cases with great 
success. Opinions will be divided as to the value of 
the standard tree in the foreground, as it must be 
remembered that one is looking down the garden from 
the house. Moreover, the symmetrical division of the 
greatest length of the garden into two equal portions 
by the long path, despite the excellent perspective 
effect thus obtained, is not an idea that will appeal 
to everyone. In small gardens the greatest breadth 
of lawn obtainable is usually desirable, and it is well 
to avoid accentuating the fact that the plot is long 
and narrow. The grouping of shrubs and tall flowers 
on each side of the approach to the lower garden 
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