12 Villa Gardens 



Flower gardening with us may be said to 

 extend from February to October, inclusive, and 

 it is in the spring and autumn, when the sun's 

 altitude is so much less than at midsummer, 

 that these house shadows deprive us of so much 

 of the available sunshine. 



In the case of a house with a northern aspect, 

 the conditions are more favourable, because the 

 garden will have no house shadow to contend 

 with, but only such shadows as are cast by the 

 walls or fences ; but the front garden of such a 

 house will be in almost permanent shadow. 



Aspect, therefore, gives us the starting point 

 from which to proceed to the planning of our 

 garden. 



Having ascisrtained where the sun will shine, 

 there locate your principal flower beds. 



Then lead your path to them in the most 

 direct way. It is by no means necessary 

 that every bed should have its path along- 

 side. 



The bed on the east side in Example i is 

 edge-on to the grass. The best rule is to let 

 the main path go where the traffic would 



