CHAPTER VII 
THE WINNING DESIGNS CONSIDERED IN 
DETAIL (Continued) 
SITE NO. 4: WITH SOME OBSERVATIONS ON 
WATER GARDENING FOR SMALL GARDENS 
SO much ground has already been covered by con- 
sidering other designs, and the comments thereon are 
equally applicable to those sent in for this site, that it 
is hardly necessary to analyze the latter quite so 
closely. There are, however, in them one or two 
features that call for special commendation, and a few 
for criticism. ‘The first-prize design for this site, that 
by Mr. John Hatton, is in many respects very good 
indeed. The entrance drive fails in that it is too small 
to achieve its purpose, although a small pony-cart 
might be turned in the forecourt without much diffi- 
culty. The orchard is well placed, and could be made 
to afford much pleasure in the way I have already 
described in Chapter VI. The vegetable garden 
should be quite successful, as should also the little 
Rose garden. With regard to this latter, however, I 
think it would be more successful if it were less a paved, 
and more a Rose garden. An excessive predomination 
of paved area in the Rose garden, or indeed in any 
other, is always objectionable, as it creates a hardness 
of effect that completely annuls the beauty of roses. 
Pave by all means as much as is necessary, but at the 
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