viii Prefa 



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The purpose of this book is to give such 

 directions as shall render the task both simple 

 and easy ; and, in order to give more practical 

 shape to my precepts, I have included in its 

 pages a series of plans, which will sufficiently 

 illustrate my subject, comprising, as it does, 

 most of the types of garden one finds attached 

 to the suburban villa. 



I may here remark that my intention is to 

 deal exclusively with gardens of moderate size, 

 gardens which can readily be managed by one 

 person in his leisure time. 



In such gardens, the problem is how to obtain 

 an artistic effect in a natural manner. This 

 is not to be done by reproducing the features 

 of larger gardens, but rather by the applica- 

 tion of principles specially suited to the case. 



This will become evident, I trust, as I pro- 

 ceed ; and the enunciation of these principles, 

 their practical exposition and the consideration 



