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tive form, the differences between the several kinds of 

 old-fashioned gardens which our garden history shows 

 us to have been distinctly developed. These little 

 tabulated classifications are illustrated with diagrams, 

 in so far as may be ; and a list of proper plants for each 

 is attached. 



I have dwelt at some length elsewhere upon the 

 necessity for a harmonious whole, and I have assumed 

 that the gardener who undertakes a revival of the old 

 style intends to secure such harmony. For those who 

 do not care to do more than build an isolated example 

 of the old-fashioned flower garden, however, there is a 

 plan for such a garden, with its planting key. My 

 advice is against such an innovation ; but there may of 

 course be circumstances where it is justifiable, and 

 where its effect will be satisfactory. But I think it is 

 no more than fair to say that, even though the plan and 

 the planting are scrupulously exact and nothing is al- 

 lowed in that is not historically correct, such a garden 

 will not differ greatly in appearance, to the amateur 

 at all events, from any modern garden of to-day that 

 is well planned and planted. It is only by restoring 

 the whole that the old atmosphere will be restored ; the 

 entire development of a place enters into this, and con- 

 sequently must be taken into consideration and into the 

 garden scheme, if the result is to be a success. 



